Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Gentianales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Gentiana decora
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Appalachian Gentian at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Read more about the southeastern Gentians in Jim Fowler's blog.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gentiana decora
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-02-006:
Gentiana decora
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
COMMON NAME:
Appalachian Gentian, Showy Gentian
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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September Jackson County NC
Corolla tubes slightly to widely open, whitish with light blue stripes, per Gentians of the Eastern US.
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September Jackson County NC
Upper leaves lanceolate- or ovate-elliptical, possibly with acuminate tips, per Gentians of the Eastern US.
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September Jackson County NC
Calyx lobes relatively small, 2-8mm long, subulate to oblanceolate, per Gentians of the Eastern US.
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September Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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October Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
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October Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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October Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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October Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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October Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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October Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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October Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm061103_018
November Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Gentiana decora
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gentiana decora
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-02-006:
Gentiana decora
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
603
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (rare in Piedmont), endemic to the Southern Appalachians
Look for it in forests, 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.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Whitish with light blue stripes
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 p092
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p132
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p155
- Southern Appalachian Wildflowers p146
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p427
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p185
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p221
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p124