Sunday, September 8, 2019

Gentianella campestris - Field Gentian



Gentianella campestris - Field Gentian
Photo: Hutton Roof on 11th September 2019


 Gentianella campestris (Field Gentian)
Photo: Hutton Roof 24th August 2019




 Gentianella campestris (Field Gentian)
Photo: Hutton Roof 8th September 2019

Gentianella campestris (Field Gentian)

Photo: Hutton Roof on 13th September 2019

Gentianella campestris (Field Gentian)
Rare White specimen 
Photo: Hutton Roof on 13th September 2019

Gentianella campestris (Field Gentian)
Rare White specimen
Photo: Hutton Roof on 13th September 2019

We do have two nice little populations of some 500 flowers of this species on the NW side of Hutton Roof.

In most years at this particular site we do also have Gentianella amarella also growing alongside them, but sadly they have not appeared during the past two years (2018,2019). It seems strange to me that the campestris have come through OK yet the amarella have just not come through!


Autumn Gentian (left) and Field Gentian (right)
Note difference with sepals, also shapes of leaves, pointed or lanceolate with AG and rounded with FG.