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

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



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gentiana clausa   FAMILY Gentianaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-02-007:

Gentiana clausa   FAMILY Gentianaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Dasystephana decora

 

COMMON NAME:
Meadow Closed Gentian, Meadow Bottle Gentian


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image of Gentiana clausa, Meadow Closed Gentian, Meadow Bottle Gentian

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_gecl_002_lvd

        

image of Gentiana clausa, Meadow Closed Gentian, Meadow Bottle Gentian

JK Marlow    jkm070917_008

September    Haywood County    NC

Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District

Reminiscent of the large old-fashioned Christmas tree lights, per North Carolina's Best Wildflower Hikes: the Mountains (Adams, 2004).

image of Gentiana clausa, Meadow Closed Gentian, Meadow Bottle Gentian

JK Marlow    jkm070917_015

September    Haywood County    NC

Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District

Leaves medium green, somewhat glossy, per Gentians of the Eastern US (Drake, 2011).

 

 

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

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gentiana clausa   FAMILY Gentianaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-02-007:
Gentiana clausa   FAMILY Gentianaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Dasystephana decora

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2492

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina & possibly Georgia

Uncommon in NC Mountains, rare in NC Piedmont

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Blue/ Violet
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed corolla
5 stamens

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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