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''Gentiana acaulis'' (stemless gentian)〔Lena Struwe (Editor), Victor A. Albert (Editor), ''Gentianaceae'', Cambridge University Press, 2002; ISBN 0-521-80999-1〕 is a species of flowering plant in the family Gentianaceae, native to central and southern Europe, from Spain east to the Balkans, growing especially in mountainous regions, such as the Alps, Cevennes and Pyrenees, at heights of . It is a perennial plant, growing to 2 cm tall and 10 cm or more wide. The leaves are evergreen, 2-3.5 cm long, in a basal rosette, forming clumps. The trumpet-shaped terminal flowers are blue with olive-green spotted longitudinal throats. They grow on a very short peduncle, 3–6 cm long. The flower stem is often without leaves, or has 1 or 2 pairs of leaves. It likes full sun, is fully hardy and flowers in late spring and summer. This plant, like others of its genus, is valued in cultivation for the unusually pure intense blue of its blooms. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=852 )〕 The Latin specific epithet ''acaulis'' means "short-stemmed". The closely related ''Gentiana clusii'', often called by the same common name as this species, differs by growing on limy soils. It also has shorter leaves and the flowers have no olive-green stripes. A depiction of a gentian flower can be seen on the obverse side of Austrian € 0.01 euro coins. == References == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gentiana acaulis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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