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§1 Plant

Gentiana andrewsii Griseb.

vernacular closed bottle gentian — species · Gentianaceae


USDA
GEAN
GBIF
3170087
Rank
species
closed bottle gentian (Gentiana andrewsii)
Platephotograph · Bonnie KinderCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Gentianaceae Juss.
Genus
Gentiana
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 513 counties across 22 states/territories
Legend Native · 513 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Medium
Shade
Medium
Moisture use
Medium
Fire
Medium
Salinity
None
Anaerobic
Low
CaCO₃
Low
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-38 °F minimum
Frost-free days
100 min.
Precipitation
36–60 in/yr
pH range
5.8–7.2
Root depth
6 in min.
Fertility need
High
Soil texture
medium
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Bunch
Growth rate
Moderate
Lifespan
Moderate
Mature height
2 ft
Foliage texture
Fine
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Porous
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
Purple
Fruit colour
White
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Mid Summer
Seed abundance
High
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Moderate
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
9,000,000
Propagation
seed
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Routinely Available
Nursery stock
No
Browse palatability
Low
Graze palatability
Low
Palatable, human
No
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 513 counties across 22 states/territories.

Colorado view state ↗ 2 N
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N
Illinois view state ↗ 41 N
Indiana view state ↗ 56 N
Iowa view state ↗ 4 N
Kansas view state ↗ 2 N
Kentucky view state ↗ 4 N
Maryland view state ↗ 10 N
Massachusetts view state ↗ 7 N
Michigan view state ↗ 61 N
Minnesota view state ↗ 66 N
Missouri view state ↗ 20 N
Nebraska view state ↗ 11 N
New Jersey view state ↗ 12 N
New York view state ↗ 31 N
North Dakota view state ↗ 10 N
Ohio view state ↗ 59 N
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 43 N
South Dakota view state ↗ 7 N
Vermont view state ↗ 1 N
West Virginia view state ↗ 10 N
Wisconsin view state ↗ 55 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/GEAN ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/3170087 ↗

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