601

Forb
Perennial

Native: north of the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in - - -

Rare

Look for it in meadows, seeps, forest edges, per Weakley's Flora

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...Moist

LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Blue
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 p072
• Gardening with Native Plants of the South p141
• Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p132
• Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p252?
• Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p124?

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Gentiana andrewsii var. andrewsii   FAMILY Gentianaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gentiana andrewsii var. andrewsii   FAMILY Gentianaceae