Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Gentianales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Gentianaceae
Genus
Gentianella Moench
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Gentianella corymbifera subsp. gracilis Glenny, New Zealand J. Bot. 42: 483 (2004)
 Description

Plants biennial, rarely perennial, 90– 370 mm tall. Leaves 15–127 mm long, 5.0–11.3 mm wide; petiole 1.5–5.2 mm wide. Flowering stems 1–7 per plant, terminal stem 1.3–7.0 mm diam. when fresh, 0.85–3.7 mm diam. when dry. Pedicels 1–2 per axil, 10–30 mm long, 0.64–1.1 mm diam. Flowers (5–)10–98 per plant, 11.0–15.5 mm long at anthesis. Calyx 5.2–8.5 mm long; lobes 2.9–4.4 mm long, 1.7–2.6(–2.8) mm wide. Corolla 11.0–14.6(–15.3) mm long, white, rarely pale violet or with veins violet. Filaments 6.4–9.2 mm long, (0.6–)0.8–1.2(–1.4) mm wide. Anthers (1.5–)2.0–2.7 mm long. FL late Dec–Mar.

[Reproduced from Glenny (2004, New Zealand J. Bot. 42: 361-530) with permission from The Royal Society of New Zealand.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Bibliography
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Barkla J.W.; Courtney, S.P.; Champion, P.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Beadel, S.N.; Ford, K.A.; Breitwieser, I.; Schönberger, I.; Hindmarsh-Walls, R.; Heenan, P.B.; Ladley, K. 2018: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017. New Zealand Threat Classification Series. No. 22. [Not Threatened]
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Champion, P.D.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Norton, D.A.; Hitchmough, R.A. 2013: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 3. Department of Conservation, Wellington. [Not Threatened]
Glenny, D. 2004: A revision of the genus Gentianella in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 42(3): 361–530.