| Family | GENTIANACEAE |
| Genus species | Gentiana decora Pollard sect. Pneumonanthe |
| Bibliography | Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 13: 131 (1900) |
| Native Range | West Virginia to se. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | thickets and woods |
| Altitude | 600-1600m |
| Description | leaves oblong to broadly elliptic, thin, acuminate, flowers sessile, verticillate, campanulate infundibuliform, lobes patent, ovate |
| Size | 15-50cm |
| Color | blue |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C division in spring; cuttings in late spring |
| Synonyms | Dasystephana decora (Pollard) Small Pneumonanthe decora (Pollard) Greene |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (WVA West Virginia) 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (GEO Georgia, KTY Kentucky, NCA North Carolina, SCA South Carolina, TEN Tennessee, VRG Virginia) |