| 1 | Corolla lobes fimbriate at base | G. acuta |
| – | Corolla lobes glabrous at base | 2 |
| 2 | Nectaries above the middle of corolla tube | 3 |
| – | Nectaries at the base of corolla tube | 4 |
| 3 | Plant 12–40 cm tall, nectaries close to the throat of corolla tube, seeds 1.2–1.6 mm in diameter | G. macrosperma |
| – | Plant 1–4 cm tall, nectaries just above the middle of corolla tube, seeds 0.7–0.8 mm in diameter | G. pygmaea |
| 4 | Margin and midvein of calyx lobe blackish | G. azurea |
| – | Calyx not as above | 5 |
| 5 | Stem densely purple pilose | G. gentianoides |
| – | Stem glabrous (sometimes sparsely pilose in G. moorcroftiana) | 6 |
| 6 | Flowers often angled, corolla tube 3–4 times longer than lobe | G. angustiflora |
| – | Flowers not angled, corolla tube 1–3 time(s) longer than lobe | 7 |
| 7 | Corolla lobes apically obtuse or round | 8 |
| – | Corolla lobes apically mucronate | 9 |
| 8 | Flowers 5-merous, stem leaf blades linear | G. moorcroftiana |
| – | Flowers 4-merous, stem leaf blades spatulate to oblong-spatulate | G. arenaria |
| 9 | Corolla lobes densely papillate outside | G. anomala |
| – | Corolla lobes glabrous outside | 10 |
| 10 | Corolla 7–20 mm long, terminal ones ca. 20 mm, lobes 3–7 mm | G. stoliczkae |
| – | Corolla 4–10 mm long, terminal ones up to 10 mm, lobes ca. 2 mm | G. sibirica |