The Living Forest (295) : Chiltern Gentian

Chiltern Gentian is a wild plant with showy lovely flowers from late summer until late autumn.
Likes to grow in calcareous grasslands of forest clearings.

The plant is found mainly in southern Germany and particularly in the Bavarian Alps.

In Belgium, it's an extremely rare species.

Dutch name : Duitse gentiaan
German name : Deutscher Fransenenzian
Latin name : Gentianella germanica (syn. Gentiana germanica)

Location : Nature reserve 'Mont des pins' at Bomal-sur-Ourthe, Belgium