Scandinavian Mountains over 2000 metres - James Baxter
Flora & Fauna › Purple Flowers & Plants › Purple Gentian
Gentiana purpurea, Purple Gentian, Søterot. Medium.
Perennial with unbranched erect stems bearing oval lanceolate leaves. Purple flowers mostly in clusters atop stem but also in leaf axil on stem.
Unusual in rocky birch woods, willow scrub and meadows.