Gentiana andrewsii Grisebach var. andrewsii . Section: Pneumonanthe. Prairie Closed Gentian. Phen: Late Jul-early Nov. Hab: Meadows, seeps, forest edges, freshwater marshes, open-canopied swamps. Dist: 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.

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, K1, K3, K4, 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

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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