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Gentianaceae
Gentiana

Gentiana andrewsii Grisebach var. andrewsii. Common name: Prairie Closed Gentian. Phenology: Late Jul-early Nov. Habitat: Meadows, seeps, forest edges, freshwater marshes, open-canopied swamps. Distribution: NH, s. QC, MN, and s. MB, south to s. MD, WV, MO and WY; earlier reports of it as far south as GA or NC (as by F and G) are apparently based on misidentifications.

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Section: Pneumonanthe.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: An additional variety, var. dakotica A. Nelson, occurs from MB and SK south in the Great Plains to MO and IL.

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, FNA14, Il, K4, Mo3, NE, NY, Halda (1996), Ho & Liu (2001), Pringle (1967a); = Pneumonanthe andrewsii (Griseb.) W.A.Weber var. andrewsii; < Dasystephana andrewsii (Griseb.) Small — S; < Gentiana andrewsii Griseb. — F, G, GrPl, Mi, Pa, Tat, WV. Basionym: Gentiana andrewsii Griseb. 1837

Links to other floras: = Gentiana andrewsii var. andrewsii - FNA14

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW (name change)
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Great Plains: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Midwest: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 8

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