Gentiana affinis Griseb.


Family	GENTIANACEAE
Genus species	Gentiana affinis Griseb. sect. Pneumonanthe
Bibliography	Fl. Bor.-Amer. [W.J.Hooker] 2: 56 (1837)
Native Range	Canada to w. & c. USA
Primary Biome	Temperate
Habitat	grassland
Altitude	200-3900m
Description	leaves numerous, lower leaves reduced, the other narrowly lanceolate to elliptic-ovate, flowers several, tubular-infundibuliform, 20-45mm long, lobes ovate
Size	5-35cm
Color	dark blue
Bloom	summer
Ca	-
Type	perennial
Cultivation	mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun
Propagation	seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C division in spring; cuttings in late spring
Synonyms	Dasystephana affinis (Griseb.) Rydb. Dasystephana bigelovii (A.Gray) Rydb. Dasystephana forwoodii (A.Gray) Rydb. Dasystephana interrupta (Greene) Rydb. Dasystephana oxyloba Greene Dasystephana rusbyi (Greene ex Kusn.) Wooton & Standley Gentiana affinis var. bigelowii (A.Gray) Kusn. Gentiana affinis var. brachycalyx A.Gray Gentiana affinis var. forwoodii (A.Gray) Kusn. Gentiana affinis var. major A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr. Gentiana affinis var. parvidentata Kusn. Gentiana affinis ssp. rusbyi (Greene ex Kusn.) Halda Gentiana bigelowii A.Gray Gentiana forwoodii A.Gray Gentiana interrupta Greene Gentiana rusbyi Greene ex Kusn. Pneumonanthe affinis (Griseb.) Greene Pneumonanthe bigelowii (A.Gray) Greene Pneumonanthe forwoodii (A.Gray) Greene Pneumonanthe interrupta (Greene) Greene Pneumonanthe rusbyi (Greene ex Kusn.) Greene
Territory	7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (NWT Northwest Territories) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia, MAN Manitoba, SAS Saskatchewan) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (MIN Minnesota, NDA North Dakota, SDA South Dakota) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico, TEX Texas)