Fam: GENTIANACEAE  JUSS.

Genus: GENTIANA  L.

Species:  G. asclepiadea L.,

Sp. PI. ed. 1 (1753) 227; Hayek, Prodr. Fl. Penins. Balc. II (1930) 418; Tutin, Fl. Euf. III (1972) 60; Exs.: PI. Bulg. Exsicc. No 67

English Name: Willow Gentian

Description: wikipedia.Gentiana_asclepiadea

Flowering Time: July - October

Origin:  ”Flora of Rep. of  Bulgaria”, vol. VIII, Bulg.Acad. Sci. Sofia, (1982)

Distribution in Bulgaria: Bushes, grass- and woodlands in Balkan mounts., Vitosha region, Pirin-, Rila-, Slavyanka- mounts, Middle- and Western Rhodope, over 1000 meter altitude = (Conspectus of the Bulgarian Vascular Flora) conspectus&gs_l= Zlc

Distribution: Central- and Southern Europe

Conservation status and threats:  not protected species in Bulgaria by the Biodiversity Law. Законодателство на Република България: Закон за биологичното разнообразие.

Medical plant:  http://lex.bg/laws/ldoc/2134916096

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