Comastoma tenellum

(Rottb.) Toyok.

Gentianaceae

+ Synonyms

Amarella monantha (A.Nelson) Rydb.

Cicendia glacialis Raf.

Cicendia tenella (Rottb.) Raf.

Comastoma boreale (Bunge) T.N.Ho ex Omer

Comastoma dichotomum (Pall.) Holub

Eyrythalia dichotoma (Pall.) Bercht. & J.Presl

Eyrythalia glacialis Bercht. & J.Presl

Eyrythalia nana Borkh.

Eyrythalia pedunculata D.Don

Eyrythalia tenella (Rottb.) H.Buek

Gentiana borealis Bunge

Gentiana dichotoma Pall.

Gentiana fimbriata Vitman

Gentiana glacialis Vill.

Gentiana islandica Joannei ex Schult.

Gentiana koenigii Gunnerus

Gentiana monantha A.Nelson

Gentiana nivalis Poir.

Gentiana oederi Sol. ex Bab.

Gentiana tenella Rottb.

Gentiana tetragona Roth

Gentiana tristriata Turcz.

Gentianella dichotoma (Pall.) Harry Sm. ex S.Nilsson

Gentianella tenella (Rottb.) Börner

Heteroclita dichotoma Raf.

Hippion dichotomum F.W.Schmidt

Hippion islandicum F.W.Schmidt

Hippion longipedunculatum F.W.Schmidt

Hippion nanum F.W.Schmidt

Hippion tenellum F.W.Schmidt

Lexipyretum tenellum (Rottb.) Dulac

Lomatogonium tenellum (Rottb.) Á.Löve & D.Löve

Monosteria dichotoma Raf.

Common Name:

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General Information

Comastoma tenellum is an erect to ascending annual plant, branched from the base, and growing around 5 - 12cm tall[

266

Title: Flora of China
Publication
Author
Website: http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/
Publisher: Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis.
Year: 1994
ISBN
Description: An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available.

2160

Title: Illustrated Flora of Tajikistan and adjacent areas
Publication
Author: Nowak. A. & Nobis M. Editors)
Publisher: Polish Botanical Society, Warsaw, Poland
Year: 2020
ISBN: 978-83-954123-5-6
Description: An excellent book, with one or more good photographs and terse information on 1,864 species of plants from Tajikistan - and it is made available free on a Creative Commons licence.

].
The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine.

Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References

266

Title: Flora of China
Publication
Author
Website: http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/
Publisher: Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis.
Year: 1994
ISBN
Description: An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available.

Range

Widespread in temperate, arctic and mountainous regions of the northern Hemisphere in N. America, Asia, Europe and N. Africa (Morocco)

Habitat

Alpine meadows, alpine swards[

2160

Title: Illustrated Flora of Tajikistan and adjacent areas
Publication
Author: Nowak. A. & Nobis M. Editors)
Publisher: Polish Botanical Society, Warsaw, Poland
Year: 2020
ISBN: 978-83-954123-5-6
Description: An excellent book, with one or more good photographs and terse information on 1,864 species of plants from Tajikistan - and it is made available free on a Creative Commons licence.

]. Hillsides and wet places; at elevations around 2,160 metres[

266

Title: Flora of China
Publication
Author
Website: http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/
Publisher: Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis.
Year: 1994
ISBN
Description: An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available.

Properties

Medicinal Rating
Habit	Annual
Height	0.08 m
Pollinators	Insects
Cultivation Status	Wild

Cultivation Details

Not known

Edible Uses

None known

Medicinal

The flowers are used in the treatment of coughs, fevers and respiratory disorders[

2180

Title: Ethnobotany of India Volume 4 Western and Central Himalayas
Publication
Author: Pullaiah T. et al (Editors)
Publisher: Apple Academic Press Inc.; Oakville, Canada
Year: 2018
ISBN: 13: 978-1-77188-5
Description

].

A decoction of the plant is used in the treatment of fevers[

240

Title: Glossary of Indian Medicinal Plants (Including the Supplement).
Publication
Author: Chopra. R. N., Nayar. S. L. and Chopra. I. C.
Publisher: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi.
Year: 1986
ISBN: -
Description: Very terse details of medicinal uses of plants with a wide range of references and details of research into the plants chemistry. Not for the casual reader.

Other Uses

None known

Propagation

Seed -

Cite as: Temperate Plants Database, Ken Fern. temperate.theferns.info. 2024-10-24. <temperate.theferns.info/plant/Comastoma+tenellum>

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