Nederlands: Veldgentiaan
Español: Genciana de campo
Français: Gentiane champêtre
Deutsch: Feld-Kranzenzian
Family: Gentianaceae - Gentian family
Flowering time: June - September
Height: 5-15cm
Altitude: to 2750m
Colour: bluish-lilac, seldom white
Habitat: Grassland, pastures, dunes
Distribution: widespread in northern and central Europe and its distribution range includes the Alps, the Jura and the Pyrenees
Synonym: Gentianella campestris subsp. campestris
Note: In the Netherlands, the Field Gentian is seriously threatened and legally protected. The species is on the Dutch Red List of plants classified as very rare and rapidly reduced in numbers.
Related key words: Heemtuin Tenellaplas Rockanje, chalk grasslands, kalkgrasland, Nederlandse Rode Lijst, Pyreneeën, Pirineos, Cerler-Ampriú (Benasque), Guarrinza (Ansó), Oturia (Yerba de asa), Circo de Pineta (Bielsa), Picos de Europa,
