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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gentianella quinquefolia ssp. quinquefolia   FAMILY Gentianaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-02-002:

Gentiana quinquefolia   FAMILY Gentianaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Gentianella quinquefolia var. quinquefolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Gentianella quinquefolia

 

COMMON NAME:
Stiff Gentian, Appalachian Gentianella, Fivefinger Gentian, Eastern Agueweed


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image of Gentianella quinquefolia, Stiff Gentian, Appalachian Gentianella, Fivefinger Gentian, Eastern Agueweed

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_gequ3_001_lvd

        

image of Gentianella quinquefolia, Stiff Gentian, Appalachian Gentianella, Fivefinger Gentian, Eastern Agueweed

Keith Bradley    kab_g_quinquefolia_2954

August    Macon County    NC

Nantahala National Forest

Flowers in 3-5 flowered cymes, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Gentianella quinquefolia, Stiff Gentian, Appalachian Gentianella, Fivefinger Gentian, Eastern Agueweed

JK Marlow    jkm070917_121

September    Haywood County    NC

Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District

image of Gentianella quinquefolia, Stiff Gentian, Appalachian Gentianella, Fivefinger Gentian, Eastern Agueweed

JK Marlow    jkm070917_125

September    Haywood County    NC

Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District

A profusion of narrow tubular flowers in dense terminal clusters, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Gentianella quinquefolia, Stiff Gentian, Appalachian Gentianella, Fivefinger Gentian, Eastern Agueweed

JK Marlow    jkm070917_137

September    Haywood County    NC

Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District

image of Gentianella quinquefolia, Stiff Gentian, Appalachian Gentianella, Fivefinger Gentian, Eastern Agueweed

JK Marlow    jkm090913_029

September    Jackson County    NC

Stem leaves sessile with acute tips & rounded base; basal leaves spatulate, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Gentianella quinquefolia, Stiff Gentian, Appalachian Gentianella, Fivefinger Gentian, Eastern Agueweed

JK Marlow    jkm090913_128

September    Jackson County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Gentianella quinquefolia, Stiff Gentian, Appalachian Gentianella, Fivefinger Gentian, Eastern Agueweed

JK Marlow    jkm190914_1583

September    Swain County    NC

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Gentianella quinquefolia, Stiff Gentian, Appalachian Gentianella, Fivefinger Gentian, Eastern Agueweed

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_g_quinquefolia_4

October    Union County    GA

image of Gentianella quinquefolia, Stiff Gentian, Appalachian Gentianella, Fivefinger Gentian, Eastern Agueweed

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_g_quinquefolia_4b

October    Union County    GA

Calyx cleft half its length, lobes linear, acute, erect to slightly spreading, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gentianella quinquefolia ssp. quinquefolia   FAMILY Gentianaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-02-002:
Gentiana quinquefolia   FAMILY Gentianaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Gentianella quinquefolia var. quinquefolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Gentianella quinquefolia

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

604

Forb
Annual

Habitat: forests, grassy balds, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in NC Mountains, uncommon in GA & SC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Violet/ Purplish
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed corolla
5 stamens

Inflorescence a cyme

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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