Gentiana apiata N. E. Br.

Perennials 10-25 cm tall. Rhizomes short. Stems 1-3, erect, simple, glabrous. Basal leaves in 1-4 erect rosettes; petiole 2-5 cm, membranous; leaf blade linear-lanceolate to linear-elliptic, 1.5-8 cm × 4-7 mm, base narrowed, apex acuminate to obtuse, vein 1. Stem leaves 2-4 pairs; petiole to 2.5 cm, shorter to absent toward apex; leaf blade narrowly elliptic to lanceolate, 2-3.5 cm × 3-6 mm, both ends attenuate, vein 1. Inflorescences large terminal clusters, sometimes also in few-flowered subapical axillary clusters on pedunclelike branches. Flowers sessile. Calyx narrowly obconic, 1-1.5 cm, tube entire; lobes spreading to reflexed, linear to narrowly triangular, 3.5-5.5 mm, subequal, apex acuminate. Corolla yellow, with dark blue spots, funnelform, 2-3 cm; lobes ovate, 3-3.5 mm, margin denticulate, apex rounded; plicae triangular to obliquely truncate, 1-1.5 mm, margin denticulate. Stamens inserted at basal part of corolla tube; filaments 6-9 mm; anthers narrowly ellipsoid, 2.5-3.5 mm. Style 1.5-2(-3) mm; stigma lobes linear. Capsules ovoid-ellipsoid, 1.1-1.5 cm; gynophore to 1.7 cm. Seeds light brown, ellipsoid, 2-2.5 mm. Fl. and fr. Jun-Aug.

Shaanxi (Taibai Shan).

* Hillsides; 1900-3400 m.

Gentiana tsinlingensis H. Limpricht.

Gentiana apiata là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Long đởm. Loài này được N.E.Br. mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1914.

太白龙胆（学名：Gentiana apiata）为龙胆科龙胆属的植物，为中国的特有植物。分布于中国大陆的陕西等地，生长于海拔1,900米至3,400米的地区，多生于山坡上及山顶，目前尚未由人工引种栽培。