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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Gentianales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Gentianella quinquefolia
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gentianella quinquefolia ssp. quinquefolia
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-02-002:
Gentiana quinquefolia
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Gentianella quinquefolia var. quinquefolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Gentianella quinquefolia
COMMON NAME:
Stiff Gentian, Appalachian Gentianella, Fivefinger Gentian, Eastern Agueweed
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_gequ3_001_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_g_quinquefolia_2954
August Macon County NC
Nantahala National Forest
Flowers in 3-5 flowered cymes, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm070917_121
September Haywood County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm070917_125
September Haywood County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
A profusion of narrow tubular flowers in dense terminal clusters, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm070917_137
September Haywood County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm090913_029
September Transylvania County NC
Stem leaves sessile with acute tips & rounded base; basal leaves spatulate, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm090913_128
September Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm190914_1583
September Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_g_quinquefolia_4
October Union County GA
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_g_quinquefolia_4b
October Union County GA
Calyx cleft half its length, lobes linear, acute, erect to slightly spreading, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.