Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Gentiana villosa L. sect. Pneumonanthe |
Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 228 (1753) |
Native Range | e. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and thickets |
Altitude | 0-800m |
Description | leaves narrowly obovate to suboblong, to 10cm long, glabrous, dark green, flowers in small terminal cluster, corolla subventricose, with erect lobes |
Size | 7-60cm |
Color | greenish white |
Bloom | late summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C division in spring; cuttings in late spring |
Synonyms | Ciminalis ochroleuca (Froel.) Bercht. & C.Presl Cuttera ochroleuca (Froel.) Raf. Dasystephana deloachii W.P.Lemmon Dasystephana villosa (L.) Small Gentiana clavata Steud. Gentiana deloachii (W.P.Lemmon) Shinners Gentiana heterophylla Raf. Gentiana incarnata Sims Gentiana intermedia Sims Gentiana ochroleuca Froel. Gentiana ochroleuca var. heterophylla (Raf.) Griseb. Gentiana ochroleuca var. incarnata (Sims) Griseb. Gentiana ochroleuca var. intermedia (Sims) Griseb. Gentiana serpentaria Raf. Pneumonanthe incarnata (Sims) G.Don Pneumonanthe intermedia (Sims) G.Don Pneumonanthe ochroleuca (Froel.) G.Don Pneumonanthe villosa (L.) F.W.Schmidt Xolemia heterophylla (Raf.) Raf. Xolemia serpentaria (Raf.) Raf. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (INI Indiana, NWJ New Jersey, OHI Ohio, PEN Pennsylvania, WVA West Virginia) 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (ALA Alabama, DEL Delaware, FLA Florida, GEO Georgia, KTY Kentucky, LOU Louisiana, MRY Maryland, MSI Mississippi, NCA North Carolina, SCA South Carolina, TEN Tennessee, VRG Virginia, WDC District of Columbia) |