OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Gentianales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Gentiana saponaria   FAMILY Gentianaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gentiana saponaria var. saponaria   FAMILY Gentianaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-02-008:

Gentiana saponaria   FAMILY Gentianaceae

INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Gentiana cherokeensis

INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Gentiana saponaria

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Dasystephana saponaria

 

COMMON NAME:
Soapwort Gentian, Harvestbells


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image of Gentiana saponaria, Soapwort Gentian, Harvestbells

JK Marlow    jkm150912_129

September    Clay County    NC

Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District

image of Gentiana saponaria, Soapwort Gentian, Harvestbells

JK Marlow    jkm150912_132

September    Clay County    NC

Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District

Leaves linear, or elliptical to ovate and widest near the middle, per Gentians of the Eastern US (Drake, 2011).

image of Gentiana saponaria, Soapwort Gentian, Harvestbells

JK Marlow    jkm150912_133

September    Clay County    NC

Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District

image of Gentiana saponaria, Soapwort Gentian, Harvestbells

JK Marlow    jkm071025_029

October    Pickens County    SC

Clemson Forest

Flowers closed or slightly open, pale blue-purple with dark lines within, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Gentiana saponaria, Soapwort Gentian, Harvestbells

JK Marlow    jkm071025_029b

October    Pickens County    SC

Clemson Forest

image of Gentiana saponaria, Soapwort Gentian, Harvestbells

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_gentiana_saponaria

October        

Calyx lobes elliptic-linear, 4-17mm long to 2mm wide, ascending to spreading, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Gentiana saponaria, Soapwort Gentian, Harvestbells

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_gentiana_saponaria_c

October        

image of Gentiana saponaria, Soapwort Gentian, Harvestbells

JK Marlow    jkm071101_037

November    Oconee County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District

image of Gentiana saponaria, Soapwort Gentian, Harvestbells

JK Marlow    jkm071101_038

November        SC

Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District

image of Gentiana saponaria, Soapwort Gentian, Harvestbells

JK Marlow    jkm201107_8057

November    Greenville County    SC

Caesars Head State Park

image of Gentiana saponaria, Soapwort Gentian, Harvestbells

JK Marlow    jkm201107_8073

November    Greenville County    SC

Caesars Head State Park

image of Gentiana saponaria, Soapwort Gentian, Harvestbells

JK Marlow    jkm211116_4981

November    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

image of Gentiana saponaria, Soapwort Gentian, Harvestbells

JK Marlow    jkm211116_4988

November    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

image of Gentiana saponaria, Soapwort Gentian, Harvestbells

JK Marlow    jkm211116_4991

November    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

image of Gentiana saponaria, Soapwort Gentian, Harvestbells

JK Marlow    jkm211116_4994

November    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

Corolla lobes are rounded, incurving, and with a length ≥ to the free portions of the appendages, per Gentians of the Eastern US (Drake, 2011).

image of Gentiana saponaria, Soapwort Gentian, Harvestbells

JK Marlow    jkm211116_4999

November    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

These anthers weren't fused together like those of other nearby plants. Wonder why - is it timing?

image of Gentiana saponaria, Soapwort Gentian, Harvestbells

JK Marlow    jkm211116_5008

November    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

Anthers connate at anthesis, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Gentiana saponaria, Soapwort Gentian, Harvestbells

JK Marlow    jkm211116_5012

November    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

image of Gentiana saponaria, Soapwort Gentian, Harvestbells

JK Marlow    jkm211116_5014

November    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Gentiana saponaria   FAMILY Gentianaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gentiana saponaria var. saponaria   FAMILY Gentianaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-02-008:
Gentiana saponaria   FAMILY Gentianaceae

INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Gentiana cherokeensis

INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Gentiana saponaria

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Dasystephana saponaria

 

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