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The Wild Flowers of Semimoist plateau & Alpine Region

Lematogonium macranthum Annual of Gentianaceae. 7 to 25 cm tall. Ovate triangular, ovate lanceolate or lanceolate leaf. Terminal cyme. Blue-violet corolla, 2 to 2.5 cm. Flowering: Aug to Oct. Cold hygrophiles, heliphiles, toerant to poorness. Sinoendemic. Middle tosoutheast Tibet. 4100 to 4600m, barren or scrub. Qinghai and Sichuan. The more beautiful species: l. Oreolcharis, rotund leaf, 1 to 2 flowers, blue or violet, 2 to 3 cm.