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Gentiana villosa L. sect. Pneumonanthe 
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FamilyGENTIANACEAE
Genus speciesGentiana villosa L. sect. Pneumonanthe
BibliographySp. Pl. 1: 228 (1753)
Native Rangee. USA
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatgrassland and thickets
Altitude0-800m
Descriptionleaves narrowly obovate to suboblong, to 10cm long, glabrous, dark green, flowers in small terminal cluster, corolla subventricose, with erect lobes
Size7-60cm
Colorgreenish white
Bloomlate summer
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationmesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site
alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade
Propagationseed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C
division in spring; cuttings in late spring
SynonymsCiminalis 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.
Territory7 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)
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