OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.

Your search found 13 taxa.

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camera icon 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

 


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camera icon speaker icon 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

 


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camera icon speaker icon 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

 


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camera icon speaker icon 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

 


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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

 


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camera icon speaker icon 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

 


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camera icon 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

 


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camera icon 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

 


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camera icon 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

 


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camera icon speaker icon 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

 


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camera icon speaker icon 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

 


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speaker icon 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

 


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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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