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Gentianaceae
Gentiana

not marked as a favorite taxon Gentiana puberulenta J.S. Pringle. Common name: Prairie Gentian, Downy Gentian. Phenology: Aug-Nov. Habitat: Prairies, glades, open woodlands, usually over calcareous substrates. Distribution: W. New York west to North Dakota, south to Kentucky, sc. Tennessee (Coffee County) (Chester, Wofford, & Kral 1997), Louisiana, n. Arkansas, and Kansas. Reports for West Virginia are unconfirmed (Harmon, Ford-Werntz, & Grafton 2006).

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Section: Pneumonanthe.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, Can, FNA14, GrPl, Il, K1, K4, Mi, Mo3, NS, NY, POWO, Tn, Halda (1996), Ho & Liu (2001), Pringle (1967a); Gentiana linearis Alph. Wood; = Dasystephana puberula (Michx.) Small — S, misapplied; = Gentiana puberula Michx. — F, G, misapplied. Basionym: Gentiana puberulenta J.S.Pringle 1966 "Urbasionym:" Gentiana linearis Alph. Wood 1870

Links to other floras: = Gentiana puberulenta - FNA14

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