Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Gentiana andrewsii Griseb. sect. Pneumonanthe |
Bibliography | Fl. Bor.-Amer. [W.J.Hooker] 2: 55 (1837) |
Native Range | se. Manitoba to sw. Québec and nc. & e. USA, Colorado |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 0-1700m |
Description | stems glabrous, simple, leaves lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 7-15cm, flowers in terminal cluster and axillary, lanceolate, ciliate, patent, corolla clavate |
Size | 10-95cm |
Color | dark blue |
Bloom | late summer, autumn |
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 | Cuttera catesbei Raf. Dasystephana andrewsii (Griseb.) Small Dasystephana andrewsii f. albiflora (Britton) Moldenke Gentiana alba var. pauciflora Farw. Gentiana andrewsii f. albiflora Britton Gentiana andrewsii var. albiflora A.Gray ex House Gentiana andrewsii var. linearis Griseb. Gentiana andrewsii f. rhodantha Rouleau & Kucyn. Gentiana catesbaei Andrews Pneumonanthe andrewsii (Griseb.) W.A.Weber |
Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (MAN Manitoba, SAS Saskatchewan) 72 Eastern Canada (ONT Ontario, QUE Québec) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (ILL Illinois, IOW Iowa, KAN Kansas, MIN Minnesota, MSO Missouri, NDA North Dakota, NEB Nebraska, SDA South Dakota, WIS Wisconsin) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (CNT Connecticut, INI Indiana, MAS Masachusettes, MIC Michigan, NWH New Hampshire, NWJ New Jersey, NWY New York, OHI Ohio, PEN Pennsylvania, RHO Rhode I., VER Vermont, WVA West Virginia) 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (DEL Delaware, KTY Kentucky, MRY Maryland, VRG Virginia) |