42) gentiana asclepiadea

Type: Herbaceous perennial

Common name: willow gentiana

Family name: Gentianaceae

USDA Hardiness Zone: 5-9

Height: 60-100cm

Spread: 10-50cm

Requirements: full sun to part shade, moist but well-drained

Leaf arrangement: spirally arranged, lanceolate leaves

Flower /fruit description(s): five pedal, showy, trumpet

Suitable uses: container flower, flower border

Quick ID description: clump-forming, deciduous, partial shade, moist, trumpet

Bloom time: mid-summer

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