达乌里秦艽 (原变种) da wu li qin jiao (yuan bian zhong)

Gentiana biflora Regel ex Kusnezow; G. gracilipes Turrill; G. kurroo Royle var. brevidens Maximowicz ex Kusnezow; G. pseudodecumbens Harry Smith; G. tianschanica Ruprecht var. koslowii Kusnezow.

Cymes axillary or terminal, many flowered, forming a lax narrow raceme or panicle, axillary cymes sometimes on pedunclelike branches; peduncle to 5.5 cm. Corolla funnelform, 3.5-4.5 cm.

Roadsides, stream banks, sandy places around lakes, sunny slopes, dry steppes, edges of cultivated land; 800-4500 m. Hebei, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, N and NW Sichuan [Mongolia, Russia (E Siberia)].