About Gentiana triflora Pall.
Gentiana triflora Pall. is known as san hua long dan in Chinese and clustered gentian in English. It is a tall, flowering perennial plant belonging to the genus Gentiana. This species is native to meadows and forests at elevations of 600–1000 meters, found in China (Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol), Mongolia, Eastern Russia, Korea, and Japan. The blue petals of this gentian predominantly contain gentiodelphin, an unusually blue and stable anthocyanin with the chemical structure delphinidin 3-O-glucosyl-5-O-(6-O-caffeoyl-glucosyl)-3′-O-(6-O-caffeoyl-glucoside).
