Gentiana semialata C. Marquand, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1931: 75. 1931; G. curviflora C. Marquand.

Stems erect not twining, 20-25 cm tall, 4angled, striate. Stem leaves short petiolate; leaf blade ovate to subcordate, 1-3 × 0.7-1.8 cm, leathery, base rounded, apex acuminate. Flowers sessile. Calyx tube ca. 1 cm, entire; lobes spatulate, 6-7 mm, apex obtuse. Corolla purple, funnelform, ca. 5 cm; lobes triangular, ca. 6 × 7 mm, apex acute; plicae truncate, margin erose. Filaments linear-subulate, 1-1.2 cm; anthers 6-7 mm. Gynophore as long as ovary. Fl. Aug-Oct.

* Hillsides; 2700-3600 m. SW and W Sichuan.