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| Life form: |
| Biennial |
| Stems: |
| Height 10-30 cm, erect, slightly branched, lightly angled, usually hairless |
| Leaves: |
| Basal rosette, elliptic with a blunt or rounded tip; Stem leaves opposite, in 5-8 pairs, from lance-shaped to oblong or ovate, clasping-based or not, as much as 6 cm long and 3 cm broad |
| Inflorescence: |
| Flowers occur in clusters at the top of the stem and in the axils of the leaves |
| Flowers: |
| Calyx of the flower is green, up to 2.5 cm long, with 4 or 5 lobes; corolla, tubular with 5 variously shaped lobes that are about half the length of the tube; pale bluish to purple, and up to 2.5 cm long |
| Flowering Period: |
| June, July, August, September |
| Fruits: |
| Capsules; seeds ovoid to spherical, yellow, nearly smooth |
| Habitat: |
| Natural pastures, meadows |
Derivation of the botanical name:
Gentianella, "the small gentian".
amarella, somewhat bitter.
- The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy.
- The standard author abbreviation Börner is used to indicate Carl Julius Bernhard Börner (1880 – 1953), a German entomologist.
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