Gentiana intricata C. Marquand

Annuals 2.5-3.5 cm tall. Stems erect, with branches crowded into a dense apical head, densely purple papillate. Leaves long petiolate; leaf blade obovate-spatulate to orbicular-spatulate, base narrowed, margin cartilaginous and ciliolate, apex rounded and sometimes with a short recurved mucronate tip, midvein prominent. Basal leaves withered at anthesis; petiole shorter than blade; leaf blade 7-9 × 4-5 mm. Stem leaves with petiole longer than blade; leaf blade 5-10 × 1.5-5.5 mm. Flowers many, subsessile. Calyx obconic, 3.5-5 mm; lobes recurved, 1-1.5 mm, equal, ovate-elliptic to ovate, base narrowed, margin cartilaginous and smooth or ciliolate, apex obtuse and cuspidate, midvein prominent. Corolla pale blue, outside tinged yellow-green, tubular, 6-7 mm; lobes ovate, 1-1.5 mm, margin entire or crenulate, apex obtuse; plicae ovate, 0.8-1 mm, margin entire or erose, apex obtuse. Stamens inserted at basal part of corolla tube, equal; filaments 2.5-3.5 mm; anthers ellipsoid, 0.4-0.6 mm. Style 1.5-2 mm; stigma lobes linear. Capsules narrowly obovoid to obovoid, 3-4 mm; gynophore to 6 mm, stout. Seeds light brown, ellipsoid, 0.9-1.1 mm. Fl. and fr. May-Aug.

SE Xizang, NW Yunnan.

* Grassland slopes, scrub, forests; 2200-3500 m.

Gentiana fastigiata Franchet (1884), not Bentham (1844).

Gentiana intricata là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Long đởm. Loài này được C.Marquand mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1937.

帚枝龙胆（学名：Gentiana intricata）是龙胆科龙胆属的植物，是中国的特有植物。分布在中国大陆的云南等地，生长于海拔2,275米至3,500米的地区，常生于山坡草地、灌丛中或林下，目前尚未由人工引种栽培。