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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Gentianales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Gentiana villosa
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gentiana villosa
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-02-004:
Gentiana villosa
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Dasystephana villosa
COMMON NAME:
Striped Gentian
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_davi3_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm110417_002
April Cleburne County AL
Mount Cheaha
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JK Marlow jkm110417_999
April Cleburne County AL
Mount Cheaha
Unlike blue-flowering gentians, lower leaves decidedly wider above middle, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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JK Marlow jkm060928_064
September York County SC
Utility right-of-way
Dark green, glossy leaves, per Gentians of the Eastern US.
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JK Marlow jkm060928_128
September York County SC
Utility right-of-way
Whitish corollas with green veins and suffused with violet, per Gentians of the Eastern US.
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JK Marlow jkm060928_129
September York County SC
Utility right-of-way
One of only 3 Gentiana species with predominantly white corollas, per Gentians of the Eastern US.
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JK Marlow jkm061029_115
October Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
Corolla varies from green to yellowish-white, with tints of blue-purple, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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JK Marlow jkm081025_008
October Greenville County SC
Utility right-of-way
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Keith Bradley kab_gentiana_villosa_4723
October Richmond County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_gentiana_villosa_4
October
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JK Marlow jkm0311b_02
November Pickens County SC
Churchyard or cemetery
Calyx lobes linear to oblanceolate, 5-35mm long by 0.5-12mm wide, per Gentians of the Eastern US.
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JK Marlow jkm181104_5586
November Oconee County SC
Unlike blue-flowering gentians, lower leaves decidedly wider above middle, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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JK Marlow jkm181104_5587
November Oconee County SC