| Family | GENTIANACEAE |
| Genus species | Gentiana rubricaulis Schwein. sect. Pneumonanthe |
| Bibliography | Narrat. Exped. St. Peter‘s River [W.H.Keating] 2: 384 (1824) |
| Native Range | s. Canada to nc. & ne. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | alluvial gravel |
| Altitude | 0-700m |
| Description | glabrous, stems cylindrical, leaves remote, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, on base rounded, flowers ca. 5cm long, in terminal, sessile cluster |
| Size | 10-80cm |
| Color | blue, purple |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | cold, semi-shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C basal cuttings in late spring and late summer |
| Synonyms | Dasystephana grayi (Kusn.) Britton Gentiana grayi Kusn. Gentiana linearis var. lanceolata A.Gray Gentiana linearis var. latifolia A.Gray Gentiana linearis f. rubricaulis (Schwein.) Louis-Marie Gentiana linearis var. rubricaulis (Schwein.) MacMill. Gentiana linearis ssp. rubricaulis (Schwein.) J.M.Gillett Gentiana pneumonanthe var. rubricaulis (Schwein.) Alph.Wood |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (MAN Manitoba) 72 Eastern Canada (NBR New Brunswick, ONT Ontario) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (MIN Minnesota, WIS Wisconsin) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (MAI Maine, MIC Michigan) |