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Common Name: Eastern Fringed Gentian, Greater Fringed Gentian
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Gentianopsis crinita FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Gentianopsis crinita FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Gentiana crinita 155-02-001 FAMILY: Gentianaceae
Habitat: Sunny or partially shaded seepage areas over calcareous, mafic, or ultramafic rocks (such as limestone, amphibolite, or serpentinized olivine)
Rare
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Common Name: Stiff Gentian, Appalachian Gentianella, Fivefinger Gentian, Eastern Agueweed
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) 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): Gentiana quinquefolia 155-02-002 FAMILY: Gentianaceae
Habitat: Forests, grassy balds
Common in NC Mountains, uncommon in GA & SC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Pinebarren Gentian, Autumn Gentian
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Gentiana autumnalis FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Gentiana autumnalis FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Gentiana autumnalis 155-02-003 FAMILY: Gentianaceae
Habitat: Longleaf pine savannas, pine flatwoods, sandhills, pine barrens, in a variety of sites varying from moist to very xeric, in se. VA, NC, and SC nearly always associated with Pinus palustris and/or Aristida stricta
Uncommon in NC, rare in SC
Native to the Carolinas
Common Name: Striped Gentian
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Gentiana villosa FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Gentiana villosa FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Gentiana villosa 155-02-004 FAMILY: Gentianaceae
Habitat: Upland forests, sandhill/pocosin ecotones
Uncommon
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Pale Gentian, Plain Gentian
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): Gentiana alba 155-02-005 FAMILY: Gentianaceae
Habitat: Moist meadows, prairies, glades, openings in mesic forests
Historically in NC, but not recently seen
Native to North Carolina
Common Name: Appalachian Gentian, Showy Gentian
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Gentiana decora FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Gentiana decora FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Gentiana decora 155-02-006 FAMILY: Gentianaceae
Habitat: Forests
Common in Mountains (rare in Piedmont)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Meadow Closed Gentian, Meadow Bottle Gentian
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Gentiana clausa FAMILY: Gentianaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Gentiana clausa FAMILY: Gentianaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Gentiana clausa 155-02-007 FAMILY: Gentianaceae
Habitat: Forests
Uncommon in NC Mountains, rare in NC Piedmont
Native to North Carolina & possibly Georgia
Common Name: Blue Ridge Gentian, Appalachian Gentian, Pine Barren Gentian
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Gentiana austromontana FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Gentiana austromontana FAMILY: Gentianaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Gentiana clausa 155-02-007? FAMILY: Gentianaceae
Habitat: Mountain forests and grassy balds, especially at medium to high elevations, but descending to ca. 600 m (2200 feet)
Uncommon in NC Mountains, rare in NC Piedmont
Native to North Carolina
Common Name: Balsam Mountain Gentian
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Gentiana latidens FAMILY: Gentianaceae
(?) PLANTS National Database: Gentiana saponaria var. latidens FAMILY: Gentianaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Gentiana clausa 155-02-007? FAMILY: Gentianaceae
Habitat: Moist, often seeping, more or less open sites on rocky slopes
Rare, restricted to the higher mountains of NC south of Asheville
Native to North Carolina
Common Name: Soapwort Gentian, Harvestbells
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Gentiana saponaria FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Gentiana saponaria var. saponaria FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Gentiana saponaria 155-02-008 FAMILY: Gentianaceae
Habitat: Bogs, marshes, wet hardwood forests, other moist to wet habitats
Uncommon
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Coastal Plain Gentian, Catesby's Gentian, Elliott's Gentian
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Gentiana catesbyi FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Gentiana catesbaei FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Gentiana catesbaei 155-02-009 FAMILY: Gentianaceae
Habitat: Pocosins, moist longleaf pine savanna edges, edges of moist hardwood forests, bluff seepages
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Prairie Closed Gentian, Closed Bottle Gentian
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Gentiana andrewsii var. andrewsii FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Gentiana andrewsii var. andrewsii FAMILY: Gentianaceae
Habitat: Meadows, seeps, forest edges, freshwater marshes, open-canopied swamps
Native: north of the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Narrowleaf Gentian
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Gentiana linearis FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Gentiana linearis FAMILY: Gentianaceae
Habitat: Openings in spruce-fir forests, seeps, bogs, and swamp forests at high elevations
Native: north of the Carolinas
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