It is a low-growing herbaceous perennial growing to 15–20 cm (6–8 in) tall by 30 cm (12 in) wide, bearing up to eight bright blue trumpet-shaped blooms in summer, with striped interiors.

It requires a rich, moist soil and full sun.

[2] In cultivation this plant[3] and the darker-flowered variety G. septemfida var.

lagodechiana[4] have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

[5] Media related to Gentiana septemfida at Wikimedia Commons This Gentianales-related article is a stub.