Chara Ko Khutta / Purple Stalked Gentian
Gentiana pedicellata
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal & more
How to identify Chara Ko Khutta
Identify Chara Ko Khutta by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Flowers on short stalks (pedicels).
- Confirm leaf shape: Lanceolate.
- Confirm flower colour: Blue.
- In India, compare location records such as Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Gentianaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Chara Ko Khutta.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Gentiana pedicellata
- Genus
- Gentiana
- Family
- Gentianaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Kerala, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram, Punjab
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- LanceolaterecordedLong and narrow, tapering to a point, like a lance head.“Leaves are lance-shaped, 5–20 mm long;” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Chara Ko Khutta itself; the rest are typical of the Gentianaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Bluerecorded“It grows to a maximum height of 8 cm (3.1 in) and bears small blue flowers at the end of lateral branches in January-June, in Indian climatic conditions.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Chara Ko Khutta itself; the rest are typical of the Gentianaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Nepali
- चरा को खुत्ता Chara ko khutta
About Chara Ko Khutta
Purple Stalked Gentian (Gentiana pedicellata) is a herb in the Gentianaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and 9 other states.
Gentianaceae
Gentian family
Chara Ko Khutta belongs to the Gentianaceae family.
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