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| Photo by Madame Popow |
| August 2006 at Mt. Kashima-yarigatake |
| Family | Gentianaceae |
| Tribe | Gentianeae |
| Subtribe | Gentianinae |
| Scientific name | Gentiana algida Pallas |
| Synonyms | Gentiana algida Pallas var. sibirica Kusnezow; Gentiana frigida Haenke var. algida (Pallas) Ledebour; Gentiana romanzovii Ledebour ex Bunge; Gentianodes algida (Pallas) A. Löve & D. Löve |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) touyaku-rindou (トウヤクリンドウ, 当薬竜胆 [meaning: medical gentian]) |
| (English common name) whitish gentian | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu (north of Central region) |
| (Other nations) Russia, Korea, China, Mongolia, Bhutan, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Canada, USA | |
| Habitat | Alpine rocks |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=24 |
| Description | Scapes electing 10-30cm tall. Leaves 8-15cm long. Flowers pale yellow corollas 3.5-5cm long, flowering in August to September. Perennial plants. |
| Reference | Gentiana algida Pall. |
| Gentiana algida Pallas | |
| Gentiana algida Pall. | |
| Disjunctive distribution of the flowering plants in Hokkaido, Japan. | |
| Method of treating candida and cryptococcus fungal infections by administering gentian (US Patent 5837254/1998) | |
| Method and preparations for the treatment of fungus (US Patent 6090389/2000) | |
| High protein supplement (WIPO Patent WO/2007/070454) | |
| Enema agent (Japanese Patent JP02223527/1990) |
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| Photo by Madame Popow |
| August 2006 at Mt. Kashima-yarigatake |
