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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Gentiana villosa
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gentiana villosa
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-02-004:
Gentiana villosa FAMILY Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Dasystephana villosa
COMMON NAME:
Striped Gentian
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USDA Forest Service / A Guide to Medicinal Plants of Appalachia. 1969 mpa_page_133
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_davi3_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm110417_002
April Cleburne County AL
Mount Cheaha
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JK Marlow jkm110417_999
April Cleburne County AL
Mount Cheaha
Unlike blue-flowering gentians, lower leaves decidedly wider above middle, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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JK Marlow jkm060928_064
September York County SC
Utility right-of-way
Dark green, glossy leaves, per Gentians of the Eastern US (Drake, 2011).
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JK Marlow jkm060928_128
September York County SC
Utility right-of-way
Whitish corollas with green veins and suffused with violet, per Gentians of the Eastern US (Drake, 2011).
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JK Marlow jkm060928_129
September York County SC
Utility right-of-way
One of only 3 Gentiana species with predominantly white corollas, per Gentians of the Eastern US (Drake, 2011).
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JK Marlow jkm061029_115
October Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
Corolla varies from green to yellowish-white, with tints of blue-purple, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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JK Marlow jkm081025_008
October Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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Keith Bradley kab_gentiana_villosa_4723
October Richmond County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_gentiana_villosa_4
October
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JK Marlow jkm0311b_02
November Pickens County SC
Churchyard or cemetery
Calyx lobes linear to oblanceolate, 5-35mm long by 0.5-12mm wide, per Gentians of the Eastern US (Drake, 2011).
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JK Marlow jkm181104_5586
November Oconee County SC
Unlike blue-flowering gentians, lower leaves decidedly wider above middle, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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JK Marlow jkm181104_5587
November Oconee County SC
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JK Marlow jkm181104_5588b
November Oconee County SC
Corollas whitish, greenish-white or yellowish with green veins and suffused with lavender-violet, per Gentians of the Eastern US (Drake, 2011).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Gentiana villosa
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gentiana villosa
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-02-004:
Gentiana villosa
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Dasystephana villosa
606
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Upland forests, sandhill/pocosin ecotones, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Yellowish-white/ Greenish
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed corolla
5 stamens
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p228
- Gentians of the Eastern US (Drake, 2011) p114
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p132
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p173
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p254
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p427
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p152
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p197
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p213
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p186
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p221
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p124
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p211
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