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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Gentiana clausa
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
Go to FSUS key
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Meadow Closed Gentian at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gentiana clausa
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-02-007:
Gentiana clausa FAMILY Gentianaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Dasystephana decora
COMMON NAME:
Meadow Closed Gentian, Meadow Bottle Gentian
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_gecl_002_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm070917_008
September Haywood County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
Reminiscent of the large old-fashioned Christmas tree lights, per North Carolina's Best Wildflower Hikes: the Mountains (Adams, 2004).
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JK Marlow jkm070917_015
September Haywood County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
Leaves medium green, somewhat glossy, per Gentians of the Eastern US (Drake, 2011).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Gentiana clausa
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gentiana clausa
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-02-007:
Gentiana clausa
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Dasystephana decora
2492
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina & possibly Georgia
Uncommon in NC Mountains, rare in NC Piedmont
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Blue/ Violet
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) p088
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p186
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p221
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p123
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