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):
Gentianopsis crinita   FAMILY Gentianaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gentianopsis crinita   FAMILY Gentianaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-02-001:

Gentiana crinita   FAMILY Gentianaceae

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

Anthopogon crinitum

 

COMMON NAME:
Eastern Fringed Gentian, Greater Fringed Gentian


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image of Gentianopsis crinita, Eastern Fringed Gentian, Greater Fringed Gentian

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_gecr2_002_lvd

        

image of Gentianopsis crinita, Eastern Fringed Gentian, Greater Fringed Gentian

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_gecr3_001_lvd

        

image of Gentianopsis crinita, Eastern Fringed Gentian, Greater Fringed Gentian

Alan Cressler    alc_3922860997_b44aec0601

September    Clay County    NC

Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District

image of Gentianopsis crinita, Eastern Fringed Gentian, Greater Fringed Gentian

Alan Cressler    alc_3923645516_022bc95cab

September    Clay County    NC

Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District

image of Gentianopsis crinita, Eastern Fringed Gentian, Greater Fringed Gentian

Alan Cressler    alc_3923650200_232c5ab97b

September    Clay County    NC

Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District

Flowers are flared open on sunlit days, closed at night and when cloudy, per Gentians of the Eastern US (Drake, 2011).

image of Gentianopsis crinita, Eastern Fringed Gentian, Greater Fringed Gentian

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_g_crinita_7

September        

The 4 calyx lobes are triangular-ovate, acute to acuminate, erect, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Gentianopsis crinita, Eastern Fringed Gentian, Greater Fringed Gentian

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_g_crinita_eastern

September        

image of Gentianopsis crinita, Eastern Fringed Gentian, Greater Fringed Gentian

Will Stuart    wil_10136748716

October    Towns County    GA

Flowers erect, to 6cm long, pedicellate, per Gentians of the Eastern US (Drake, 2011).

image of Gentianopsis crinita, Eastern Fringed Gentian, Greater Fringed Gentian

Will Stuart    wil_10136887914

October    Towns County    GA

image of Gentianopsis crinita, Eastern Fringed Gentian, Greater Fringed Gentian

Will Stuart    wil_10136931875

October    Towns County    GA

Iridescent to purplish-blue flowers with 4 fringed lobes, per Gentians of the Eastern US (Drake, 2011).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gentianopsis crinita   FAMILY Gentianaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-02-001:
Gentiana crinita   FAMILY Gentianaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2841

Forb
Annual

Habitat: Sunny or partially shaded seepage areas over calcareous, mafic, or ultramafic rocks (such as limestone, amphibolite, or serpentinized olivine), per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves sessile

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Blue/ Blue-violet (rarely white)
Radially symmetrical
4-merous
4-lobed calyx
4-lobed corolla
4 stamens

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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