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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Gentiana andrewsii var. andrewsii   FAMILY Gentianaceae   Go to FSUS key

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gentiana andrewsii var. andrewsii   FAMILY Gentianaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Dasystephana andrewsii

 

COMMON NAME:
 Prairie Closed Gentian, Closed Bottle Gentian

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image of Gentiana andrewsii var. andrewsii, Prairie Closed Gentian, Closed Bottle Gentian

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_daan_001_lvd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Gentiana andrewsii var. andrewsii   FAMILY Gentianaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gentiana andrewsii var. andrewsii   FAMILY Gentianaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
 Dasystephana andrewsii

 

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601

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Meadows, seeps, forest edges, freshwater marshes, open-canopied swamps, per Weakley's Flora

Native: north of the Carolinas & Georgia

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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

 

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