| Family | GENTIANACEAE |
| Genus species | Gentiana linearis Froel. sect. Pneumonanthe |
| Bibliography | Gentiana: 37 (1796) |
| Native Range | e. Canada to e. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | bogs, marshes |
| Altitude | 0-2000m |
| Description | stems glabrous, leaves linear, acuminate, sinuate, flowers 1-5, terminal, crowded, calyx lobes linear or lanceolate, corolla narrowly infundibuliform, lobes erect, ovate |
| Size | 10-95cm |
| Color | blue, white |
| Bloom | late summer |
| Ca | - |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | very moist to boggy, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, sandy soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Ciminalis linearis Bercht. & C.Presl Diploma hudsonica Raf. Dasystephana linearis (Froel.) Britton Ericoila linearis (Froel.) G.Don Gentiana linearis f. blanchardii Fernald Gentiana michauxii G.Don Gentiana pseudopneumonanthe Schult. Gentiana saponaria var. froelichii Torr. & A.Gray Gentiana saponaria var. linearis (Froel.) Griseb. Gonipia linearis (Froel.) Raf. Pneumonanthes linearis (Froel.) Greene Pneumonanthe media Raf. Pneumonanthe pseudopneumonanthe (Schult.) G.Don |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (MAN Manitoba) 72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NBR New Brunswick, ONT Ontario, QUE Québec) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (MAI Maine, MAS Masachusettes, MIC Michigan, NWH New Hampshire, NWJ New Jersey, NWY New York, PEN Pennsylvania, VER Vermont, WVA West Virginia) 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (MRY Maryland, TEN Tennessee, VRG Virginia) |