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  Gentian   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Stemless gentian or Gentiana acaulis is one of many other gentian species.
Stemless gentian is spring flowering; in bloom, the plants are covered with upward-facing deep blue flowers, 2 to 3 inches across, marked with green or white throats.
Among the varieties of this gentian is one with white flowers, 'Alba', and a plant with 4-inch flowers, 'Gigantea'.
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  MDidea Extracts Professional:Newly Developed Extracts Series:Chinense Gentian P.E.Gentian root Extracts.Narrative
The saccharine constituents of Gentian are dextrose, laevulose, sucrose and gentianose, a crystallizable, fermentable sugar.
Gentian root is a high in simple energy producing sugars and is beneficial to the digesting organs, the stomach, and pancreas, as well as being an aid to the well being of both the kidney and spleen.
gentian is a native of the alpine and sub
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 Gentian
Gentian (Gentiana) is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the Gentian family (Gentianaceae), tribe Gentianeae and monophyletic subtribe Gentianinae.
Gentian and stemless gentian are approved for food use.
Stemless gentian is used as a tea or alcoholic extract such as Angostura bitters.
www.natural-medicinal-herbs.com /herbs/gentian.htm   (618 words)

  
 Four Petals
Some gentians have four petals and others five, so this group will be found in two places.
Gentians have united corollas (petals), at least at the bottom.
Green Gentian is a tall stout plant that grows from a basal rosette of large smooth leaves.
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 BBC - h2g2 - Gentiana - Flowers of the Alps
The Yellow Gentian, Gentiana lutea, is an imposing 4 foot (1.2 metre) high perennial native to pasture and mountain meadows of Southern Europe and Asia Minor.
G acaulis - Acaulis meaning 'without a neck', the stemless gentian is less fussy about soil acidity than most, and often provides an Autumn repeat of the Spring showing of green-spotted deep-blue trumpets on short stems.
Gentians give their name to the Gentianaceae, a family defined as consisting of 'sympetalous dicotyledons with corolla twisted in bud and unilocular ovary'.
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 Gentian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gentiana is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the Gentian family (Gentianaceae), tribe Gentianeae and monophyletic subtribe Gentianinae.
Gentians have trumpet-shaped flowers which are usually deep blue or azure, but may vary from white, creamy and yellow to red.
Gentian is also used as a flavouring, for example in bitters, and the soft drink "Moxie" which contains "Gentian Root Extractives".
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 Gentian - Wikinfo
Gentians are grown for their attractive, trumpet-shaped flowers which are usually deep blue or azure, but may vary from white, creamy and yellow to red.
Gentians are fully hardy and like full sun or partial shade, and neutral to acid soil that is rich in humus and well drained.
Gentian violet is not manufactured from Gentian, but from a coal tar dye, crystal violet.
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 Gentian Herb - Uses And Side Effects
During the summer, the herb is extracted from the roots and rhizome (underground stem) of 2- to 5-year-old Gentiana lutea L. plants.
Another variety, called stemless gentian, is extracted from the entire plant of Gentiana acaulis L Both types are approved food additives and used to flavor vermouth.
Gentian roots are collected and dried in central and southern Europe, much of the supply for this country having formerly come from Germany, though it is also imported from Switzerland, France and Spain, and French Gentian is considered of special excellence.
www.best-home-remedies.com /herbal_medicine/herbs/gentian.htm   (540 words)

  
 Information on Gentian and online access to Gentian
Gentian is a herb utilized especially for the treatment of mild to moderate digestive disorders.
During the summer, the herb is extracted from the roots and rhizome (underground stem) of 2-to-5 year old Gentiana lutea plants.
While we have made every effort to ensure that this information is accurate and extensive, only your doctor can tell you if a medication, or drug combination, is safe for you.
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 InterSites: Gentiana
Grown for their intense blue flowers, and for the medicinal properties of their bitter roots, these perennials are found growing naturally in temperate, arctic or high tropical regions, mostly in Europe and Asia, with the largest number in China.
G. acaulis, stemless gentian, zone 3, an alpine species, growing to 10 cm (4 in), is prob­ably the most widely grown.
The seed of gentians must be sown fresh or it may take a year to germinate.
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 Single product - Gentian   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Gentian, Stemless Gentian, Yellow Gentian, Bitter Root, Gall Weed.
Gentian is also known to have a tonic effect on the liver and the gall bladder as well as on the whole body.
Gentian should be avoided in cases of acute gastritis, stomach ulcer, and hemorrhages in the gastro-intestinal tract.
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 Gentians as logos and symbols - Gentian Research Network
The most well-known in the Western World is probably the stemless gentian (Gentiana) as one of the three symbolic flowers of the Alps in Europe.
Gentians are also very popular in Japan, and at least three Japanese cities has it as their official flowers.
The fringed gentian is the official flower of Yellowstone National Park (USA) since 1926.
www.rci.rutgers.edu /~gentian/ethno_logos.htm   (144 words)

  
 Growing With Plants: Gentian-izing and Bitterroots
My experience with Gentians began early in life, when my father, a wildflower enthusiast and artist, would allow me to skip elementary school, so that we could go botanizing in the woods near our home (where I live now) in central Massachusetts.
It is often known as the stemless gentian, since the flower balances on a very short peduncle.
There were so many Gentian species blooming in the Alps last summer, that I have been motivated to grow many from seed this year, for planting in troughs, completely dedicated to the species.
exploraculture.blogspot.com /2006/04/gentian-izing-and-bitterroots.html   (1144 words)

  
 Mottled crinkle of stemless gentian (Gentiana alpina Vill.) induced by cucumber mosaic virus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Mottled crinkle of stemless gentian (Gentiana alpina Vill.) induced by cucumber mosaic virus
The virus isolated from diseased plants in a Dresden nursery was identified by serological and cross protection tests.
The introduction of gentians into areas with a high rate of cucumber mosaic virus infection is inadivsable.
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 Closed Gentian (Gentiana clausa)
Closed Gentian is also known as Bottle Gentian which is the official vernacular name..
Showy Gentian (Gentiana decora) is best distinguished from G. clausa by its hairy calyx.
Striped Gentian or Sampson's Snakeroot (Gentiana villosa) is misnamed as villosa means "hairy" in Latin and the plant is glabrous.
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 Gentiana - Gentian, Perennials Guide to Planting Flowers
The flower stems are IY2 feet tall and the purplish blue flowers are borne in clusters in the axils of the upper leaves.
Unlike the Closed Gentian, they are borne singly upon the apex of the stems.
The Gentianella (G. acaulis) is the blue, stemless Gentian of the Alps.
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 Parco del Frignano - Points of Interest
They were built in the previous centuries and they are traditionally dated back to the Celtic period.
The nearby meadows, delimited by dry-stone walls, are enriched in spring by the showy yellow bloomings of Cowslips and by the blue-violet bloomings of the stemless Gentian.
It is a panoramic place which preserved its typical aspect of alpine village.
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 Genetians   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Gentians are good candidates for rock gardens, or border edges, where they provide blue hues as vibrantly as any plant can.
They bloom for a long period of time, and, given the right conditions, they’re not nearly as difficult to grow as you might think.
The two easiest species for novice gardeners are Gentiana acaulis (trumpet or stemless gentian) and Gentiana septemfida (crested gentian).
www.artknapp.com /genetians.html   (226 words)

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