Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Gentianales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Gentianopsis crinita
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Eastern Fringed Gentian at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
The “silky” sheen on the flower petals in full sunlight is quite unlike anything else. Feast your eyes on photographs of the southeastern Gentians in Jim Fowler's blog.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gentianopsis crinita
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-02-001:
Gentiana crinita
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
COMMON NAME:
Eastern Fringed Gentian, Greater Fringed Gentian
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_gecr2_002_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_gecr3_001_lvd
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Alan Cressler alc_3922860997_b44aec0601
September Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
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Alan Cressler alc_3923645516_022bc95cab
September Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
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Alan Cressler alc_3923650200_232c5ab97b
September Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
Flowers are flared open on sunlit days, closed at night and when cloudy, per Gentians of the Eastern US.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_g_crinita_7
September
The 4 calyx lobes are triangular-ovate, acute to acuminate, erect, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_g_crinita_eastern
September
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Will Stuart wil_10136748716
October Towns County GA
Flowers erect, to 6cm long, pedicellate, per Gentians of the Eastern US.
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Will Stuart wil_10136887914
October Towns County GA
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Will Stuart wil_10136931875
October Towns County GA
Iridescent to purplish-blue flowers with 4 fringed lobes, per Gentians of the Eastern US.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Gentianopsis crinita
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gentianopsis crinita
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-02-001:
Gentiana crinita
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
2841
Forb
Annual
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC -
Rare
Look for it in sunny or semi-shaded seepage areas over calcareous, mafic, or ultramafic rocks (such as limestone, amphibolite, or serpentinized olivine), per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Wet
...Moist
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves sessile
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Blue/ Blue-violet
(rarely white)
Radially symmetrical
4-merous
4-lobed calyx
4-lobed corolla
4 stamens
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gentians of the Eastern US p128
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p196
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p123