Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Autumn Gentian, Gentianella amarella, Muilcheann
Aughinish, Co. Limerick, the Burren, Co. Clare

Autumn Gentian / Felwort
Gentianella amarella
Muilcheann
Family: Gentianaceae

Flowering time: July-September. Annual or biennial. Native.

Blue, purple, pink or white erect flowers with 4 or 5 petals Calyx lobes narrow, equal in size. Rosette of oval-lanceolate basal leaves, stem leaves in pairs. Erect single or branched stems, ascending branches. Gentianella amarella subsp. hibernica has a longer corolla, over 19mm

Decreasing on calcareous grassland and dunes, mainly west and central Ireland. Subsp. hibernica is even more rare, classed as Near Threatened

Similar: Field Gentian, G. campestris. Outer calyx lobes broader

Autumn Gentian, Gentianella amarella, Muilcheann

Autumn Gentian, Gentianella amarella, Muilcheann
Autumn Gentian, Gentianella amarella, Muilcheann

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