Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Gentianales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Gentiana alba
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gentiana alba
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-02-005:
Gentiana alba
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Gentiana flavida
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Dasystephana flavida
COMMON NAME:
Pale Gentian, Plain Gentian
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_gefl_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Gentiana alba
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gentiana alba
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-02-005:
Gentiana alba
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Gentiana flavida
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Dasystephana flavida
3486
Forb
Perennial
Native to North Carolina
Historically in NC, but not recently seen
Habitat: Moist meadows, prairies, glades, openings in mesic forests, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Whitish
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed corolla
5 stamens
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
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