| Family | GENTIANACEAE |
| Genus species | Gentiana autumnalis L. sect. Pneumonanthe |
| Bibliography | Cat. Edwards‘s Nat. Hist.: 11 (1776) |
| Native Range | New Jersey to se. USA, ne. Mexico |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 0-100m |
| Description | stem leaves linear to narrowly oblanceolate, 2-10cm, obtuse or acute, flowers solitary, terminal, sepals linear, corolla infundibuliform, 3-7cm, lobes spreading, ovate |
| Size | 15-50cm |
| Color | blue, purple, whitish |
| Bloom | autumn |
| Ca | - |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C division in spring; cuttings in late spring |
| Synonyms | Dasystephana porphyrio (J.F.Gmel.) Small Diploma angustifolia (Michx.) Raf. Ericala angustifolia (Michx.) G.Don Ericoila angustifolia (Raf.) G.Don Gentiana angustifolia Michx. Gentiana angustifolia var. australis Griseb. Gentiana angustifolia var. nana J.McNab Gentiana autumnalis f. albescens Fernald Gentiana autumnalis f. albocaerulea Fernald Gentiana autumnalis f. porphyrio (J.F.Gmel.) Fernald Gentiana porphyrio J.F.Gmel. Gentiana porphyrio f. albescens Fernald Gentiana porphyrio f. albocaerulea Fernald Gentiana porphyrio f. stoneana (Fernald) Fernald Gentiana stoneana Fernald Hippion porphyrio (J.F.Gmel.) F.W.Schmidt Pneumonanthe porphyrio (J.F.Gmel.) Greene |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (NWJ New Jersey) 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (FLA Florida, GEO Georgia, NCA North Carolina, SCA South Carolina, VRG Virginia) 79 Mexico (MXE Mexico Northeast) |