Gentiana pedicellata

Gentiana pedicellata, the purple stalked gentian, is a plant that belongs to the genus Gentiana.

Description
It grows to a height of 8 cm or lesser and bears small blue flowers at the end of lateral branches, in January-June, in Indian climatic conditions.

Flowers are 6 to 8 mm 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 and China at altitudes of 750-3800 m. Its habitats include bogs, meadows, and roadside slopes.