The Hungarian gentian is a perennial, herbaceous plant, which grows to a height of 20 to 60 centimetres.

The lower leaves are petiolate and elliptic in shape; the upper ones are sessile and lanceolate.

Its flowers are located in the upper leaf axils or grouped at the end of the stem.

The species epithet pannonica derives from the Roman province of Pannonia.

It occurs in Central Europe in perennial meadows and cirques, bogs and mountain pine bush.

[3] For the conservation of this species habitat management plans were created or adjusted.