Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Gentianales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Gentiana linearis
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
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Read more about Narrowleaf Gentian at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gentiana linearis
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
COMMON NAME:
Narrowleaf Gentian
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_dali_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Gentiana linearis
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gentiana linearis
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
2736
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Openings in spruce-fir forests, seeps, bogs, and swamp forests at high elevations, per Weakley's Flora
Native: north of the Carolinas
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Blue
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed corolla
5 stamens
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gentians of the Eastern US (Drake, 2011) p100
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p252
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p124
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