NameThatPlant.net: Gentiana decora

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Gentianales

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

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Appalachian Gentian at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

Read more about the southeastern Gentians in Jim Fowler's blog.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gentiana decora FAMILY Gentianaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-02-006:

Gentiana decora FAMILY Gentianaceae

COMMON NAME:
Appalachian Gentian, Showy Gentian

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gentiana decora FAMILY Gentianaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-02-006:
Gentiana decora FAMILY Gentianaceae

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Forb
Perennial

Habitat: forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Mountains (rare in Piedmont)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Whitish with light blue stripes
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed corolla
5 stamens

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

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