Field Gentiane

Description:

This is a small herbaceous flowering plant, about 10-15cm tall, sporting pink flowers about 2-2,5cm in diameter.

Habitat:

Found flowering in grasslands, in August 2021, in all visited mountain pastures of High Jura natural reserve, between 1300 and 1600m of altitude. The interesting thing that year (2021) was that in August, these high altitude pastures were not only very lush green and rich, but also in flower - flowers were everywhere, all kinds of them, and quite late in the season - and totally opposite of the situation today, when these pastures are very dry, looking totally burnt.

Notes:

I'm missing the documentation on this issue, but I heard that the plant is used to help in reducing fever, and also instead of hop in beer making.