Gentiana autumnalis L.


Family	GENTIANACEAE
Genus species	Gentiana autumnalis L. sect. Pneumonanthe
Synonyms	Gentiana porphyrio J.S.Gmel.
	Gentiana stoneana Fernald
Habitat	sandy grassland
Description	leaves narrowly linear to oblanceolate, thick, flowers tubular, to 5cm long, with distinctly spreading lobes
Size	40-50cm
Color	blue, purple, whitish
Bloom	autumn
Ca	-
Type	tuft
Cultivation	open site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, moist, sandy soil
Propagation	seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C division in spring; cuttings in late spring
Territory	Northern America Northeastern U.S.A. (New Jersey ) Southeastern U.S.A. (Georgia , Maryland , North Carolina , South Carolina , Virginia ) Mexico (Mexico Northeast)
Bibliography	Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org

Comments	GENTIANACEAE Gentiana autumnalis L., Cat. Edwards‘s Nat. Hist. 11 (1776) ============================================================================= autumnalis typica ined. Synonyms: Dasystephana porphyrio (J.F.Gmel.) Small Diploma angustifolia (Michx.) Raf. Ericala angustifolia (Michx.) G.Don Gentiana angustifolia Michx. Gentiana angustifolia australis Griseb. Gentiana angustifolia nana J.McNab Gentiana autumnalis albescens Fernald Gentiana autumnalis albocaerulea Fernald Gentiana porphyrio J.F.Gmel. Gentiana porphyrio albescens Fernald Gentiana porphyrio albocaerulea Fernald Gentiana porphyrio stoneana (Fernald) Fernald Gentiana stoneana Fernald Hippion porphyrio (J.F.Gmel.) F.Schmidt Pneumonanthe porphyrio (J.F.Gmel.) Greene New Jersey, se. USA, ne. Mexico 75 NWJ 78 GEO MRY NCA SCA VRG 79 MXE autumnalis pennelliana (Fernald) Halda, Acta Mus. Rychnov., Sect. Nat. 3: 18 (1995) Basionym: Gentiana pennelliana Fernald, Rhodora 42: 198 (1940) Synonyms: Dasystephana tenuifolia (Raf.) Pennell Diploma tenuifolia Raf. Gentiana angustifolia floridana Griseb. Gentiana frigida drummondii Griseb. Gentiana tenuifolia (Raf.) Fernald w. Florida 76 FLA