Gentiana villosa Linnaeus. Section: Pneumonanthe. Common name: Striped Gentian. Phenology: Late Aug-Nov. Habitat: Upland forests, sandhill/pocosin ecotones. Distribution: Se. PA west to n. KY and w. TN, south to Panhandle FL and e. LA.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = C, F, Fl5, FNA14, G, K4, Pa, RAB, Tat, Tn, Va, W, WH3, Halda (1996), Ho & Liu (2001), Pringle (1967a); = Dasystephana villosa (L.) Small — S; = Pneumonanthe villosa (L.) F.W.Schmidt. Basionym: Gentiana villosa L. 1753
Links to other floras: = Gentiana villosa - FNA14
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Heliophily ⓘ: 6
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect, sometimes clumped perennial of upland forests and sandhill/pocosin ecotones.
Stems: Stems 1-several from a single crown, unbranched, smooth.
Leaves: Leaves opposite, sessile to short-petiolate, elliptic to oblong-lance-shaped, to 4 in. long, glossy and smooth.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers 2-several in leafy, compact terminal cluster; greenish- or yellowish-white tinged or striped with purple; 1-2 in. long; tubular, with 5 triangular lobes that are erect or closed over the opening. A green, cup-shaped calyx with 5 irregular, linear lobes surrounds the base of each flower.
Fruits: Fruit an ellipsoid to oblong capsule.
Comments:
Height: 8-22 in.
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description: Erect, sometimes clumped perennial of upland forests and sandhill/pocosin ecotones.
stems: Stems 1-several from a single crown, unbranched, smooth.
leaves: Leaves opposite, sessile to short-petiolate, elliptic to oblong-lance-shaped, to 4 in. long, glossy and smooth.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers 2-several in leafy, compact terminal cluster; greenish- or yellowish-white tinged or striped with purple; 1-2 in. long; tubular, with 5 triangular lobes that are erect or closed over the opening. A green, cup-shaped calyx with 5 irregular, linear lobes surrounds the base of each flower.
fruits: Fruit an ellipsoid to oblong capsule.
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native range: eastern United States
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