Erect annual or biennial, 6–25 cm high, simple or little-branched, usually with only 2–5 nodes below inflorescence. Basal leaves not rosetted, usually absent at flowering; stem leaves ovate to obovate, 4–25 mm long, 3–10 mm wide, obtuse to acute. Inflorescence a few-flowered dichasium (sometimes reduced to a single flower). Pedicels 3–15 mm long; calyx-lobes 10–15 mm long; corolla yellow, tube 10–20 mm long, lobes 3.5–6 mm long; anthers 1–1.5 mm long; ovary 8–12 mm long. Capsule c. 10–16 mm long; seeds c. 0.2–0.3 mm diam., reticulate, reddish-brown to blackish. Flowers Oct.–Dec.
Wim, VVP, GipP, Gold, CVU, GGr, DunT, HSF. Also naturalised SA. Native to western Europe and the Mediterranean region. Rare in Victoria where known by only a few collections. Usually coastal but occasional in dryish inland sites (e.g. Stawell area, You Yangs, Bairnsdale).
Native to western Europe and the Mediterranean region.
Source:
Walsh, N.G. (1999). Gentianaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 4, Cornaceae to Asteraceae, pp. 310–321. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
