Fam: GENTIANACEAE  JUSS.  

Genus: GENTIANA  L.   

Species: Genttiana lutea (Murb.) Hayek

Sp. PI. ed. 1 (1753) 227; Hayek, Prodr. Fl. Реnins. Balc. II (1930) 417; Tutin, Fl. Eur. Ill (1972) 60

English Name: Great Yellow Gentian, Other names include 'Yellow Gentian', 'Bitter Root', 'Bitterwort', 'Centiyane', and 'Genciana'.

Description: http://en.wikipedia.Gentiana_lutea

Flowering Time: June - July 

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

Distribution in Bulgaria:

Grassy and stony sites in Middle Balkan, Vitosha mountain, the region of Vitosha, Middle Rhodope, Rila and Pirin mountains. = (Conspectus of the Bulgarian Vascular Flora) conspectus&gs_l= Zlc 

Distribution: Mountains in Central and Southern Europe.  

Conservation status and threats:

Protected species in Bulgaria by theBiodiversity Law. Законодателство на Република България: Закон за биологичното разнообразие. Included in the "Red Data Book of Bulgaria" as seldom

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

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