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Flora & Fauna › Blue Flowers & Plants › Snow Gentian

Gentiana nivalis, Snow Gentian, Snøsøte. Low.

Snow Gentian
A slender annual herb with erect stems and unstalked oval leaves. Intense blue flowers have a narrow tube and open lobes which close when temperature dips below +10 celsius.

Common in birch woods and moorland.

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