Gentiana pedicellata, the purple stalked gentian, is a plant that belongs to the genus Gentiana.
It grows to a height of or lesser and bears small blue flowers at the end of lateral branches, in January-June, in Indian climatic conditions.[1]
Flowers are long, pale blue, with shallow-triangular petals, and shorter lobules in between them. Leaves are lance-shaped, 5-20 mm long, the basal leaves, when present, are much larger and broader. Purple stalked gentian is found in the Himalayas, from Pakistan to Burma, the Nilgiri Mountains[2] and China at altitudes of 750-3800 m. Its habitats include bogs, meadows, and roadside slopes.[3]