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§1 Plant
Gentiana andrewsii Griseb.
vernacular closed bottle gentian — species · Gentianaceae
§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§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 ▾
- Adams 17001
- Boone 17007
- Brown 17009
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- DeKalb 17037
- DuPage 17043
- Grundy 17063
- Hancock 17067
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Iroquois 17075
- Johnson 17087
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lee 17103
- Macoupin 17117
- Mason 17125
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- Menard 17129
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Pope 17151
- Richland 17159
- Rock Island 17161
- Sangamon 17167
- St. Clair 17163
- Stark 17175
- Stephenson 17177
- Tazewell 17179
- Wabash 17185
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 56 N ▾
- Allen 18003
- Bartholomew 18005
- Boone 18011
- Brown 18013
- Cass 18017
- Clay 18021
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- Decatur 18031
- Dubois 18037
- Elkhart 18039
- Floyd 18043
- Fountain 18045
- Fulton 18049
- Gibson 18051
- Hamilton 18057
- Hancock 18059
- Howard 18067
- Huntington 18069
- Jackson 18071
- Jefferson 18077
- Jennings 18079
- Knox 18083
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lagrange 18087
- Lake 18089
- LaPorte 18091
- Lawrence 18093
- Marion 18097
- Marshall 18099
- Miami 18103
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Newton 18111
- Noble 18113
- Owen 18119
- Parke 18121
- Porter 18127
- Posey 18129
- Pulaski 18131
- Putnam 18133
- Ripley 18137
- St. Joseph 18141
- Starke 18149
- Steuben 18151
- Sullivan 18153
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Tipton 18159
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Warrick 18173
- Washington 18175
- Wayne 18177
- Wells 18179
- White 18181
- Whitley 18183
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 ▾
- Allegan 26005
- Alpena 26007
- Arenac 26011
- Barry 26015
- Bay 26017
- Benzie 26019
- Berrien 26021
- Calhoun 26025
- Cass 26027
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Clare 26035
- Clinton 26037
- Delta 26041
- Dickinson 26043
- Emmet 26047
- Gladwin 26051
- Gogebic 26053
- Grand Traverse 26055
- Gratiot 26057
- Hillsdale 26059
- Houghton 26061
- Huron 26063
- Ingham 26065
- Ionia 26067
- Iosco 26069
- Iron 26071
- Isabella 26073
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Lake 26085
- Lapeer 26087
- Leelanau 26089
- Lenawee 26091
- Livingston 26093
- Macomb 26099
- Manistee 26101
- Mason 26105
- Menominee 26109
- Midland 26111
- Monroe 26115
- Montcalm 26117
- Montmorency 26119
- Muskegon 26121
- Newaygo 26123
- Oakland 26125
- Oceana 26127
- Osceola 26133
- Oscoda 26135
- Ottawa 26139
- Presque Isle 26141
- Saginaw 26145
- Sanilac 26151
- Shiawassee 26155
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Tuscola 26157
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 66 N ▾
- Aitkin 27001
- Anoka 27003
- Becker 27005
- Beltrami 27007
- Benton 27009
- Big Stone 27011
- Blue Earth 27013
- Cass 27021
- Chippewa 27023
- Chisago 27025
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Cottonwood 27033
- Crow Wing 27035
- Dakota 27037
- Dodge 27039
- Douglas 27041
- Faribault 27043
- Freeborn 27047
- Goodhue 27049
- Grant 27051
- Hennepin 27053
- Houston 27055
- Isanti 27059
- Itasca 27061
- Jackson 27063
- Kandiyohi 27067
- Kittson 27069
- Koochiching 27071
- Lac qui Parle 27073
- Lincoln 27081
- Lyon 27083
- Mahnomen 27087
- Marshall 27089
- McLeod 27085
- Meeker 27093
- Mille Lacs 27095
- Morrison 27097
- Mower 27099
- Nobles 27105
- Norman 27107
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pennington 27113
- Pine 27115
- Pipestone 27117
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Ramsey 27123
- Redwood 27127
- Rice 27131
- Rock 27133
- Roseau 27135
- Scott 27139
- Sherburne 27141
- Sibley 27143
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Steele 27147
- Stevens 27149
- Traverse 27155
- Wabasha 27157
- Washington 27163
- Wilkin 27167
- Winona 27169
- Wright 27171
- Yellow Medicine 27173
Missouri view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 11 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 12 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Cayuga 36011
- Chemung 36015
- Chenango 36017
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Genesee 36037
- Jefferson 36045
- Kings 36047
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Seneca 36099
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Washington 36115
- Westchester 36119
North Dakota view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 59 N ▾
- Allen 39003
- Athens 39009
- Auglaize 39011
- Brown 39015
- Carroll 39019
- Champaign 39021
- Clark 39023
- Columbiana 39029
- Coshocton 39031
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Darke 39037
- Defiance 39039
- Erie 39043
- Fairfield 39045
- Franklin 39049
- Fulton 39051
- Gallia 39053
- Geauga 39055
- Guernsey 39059
- Hamilton 39061
- Hancock 39063
- Harrison 39067
- Henry 39069
- Highland 39071
- Hocking 39073
- Holmes 39075
- Huron 39077
- Jackson 39079
- Knox 39083
- Lake 39085
- Licking 39089
- Logan 39091
- Lorain 39093
- Lucas 39095
- Madison 39097
- Mahoning 39099
- Marion 39101
- Medina 39103
- Meigs 39105
- Mercer 39107
- Perry 39127
- Pike 39131
- Portage 39133
- Richland 39139
- Sandusky 39143
- Scioto 39145
- Seneca 39147
- Shelby 39149
- Stark 39151
- Summit 39153
- Trumbull 39155
- Tuscarawas 39157
- Van Wert 39161
- Vinton 39163
- Washington 39167
- Wayne 39169
- Williams 39171
- Wood 39173
- Wyandot 39175
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 43 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cameron 42023
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clearfield 42033
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Mercer 42085
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Montour 42093
- Northampton 42095
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Schuylkill 42107
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Union 42119
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Westmoreland 42129
- Wyoming 42131
- York 42133
South Dakota view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 1 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 55 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Ashland 55003
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Burnett 55013
- Calumet 55015
- Chippewa 55017
- Columbia 55021
- Crawford 55023
- Dane 55025
- Dodge 55027
- Door 55029
- Douglas 55031
- Eau Claire 55035
- Florence 55037
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Green Lake 55047
- Iowa 55049
- Iron 55051
- Jackson 55053
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- Kewaunee 55061
- La Crosse 55063
- Lafayette 55065
- Lincoln 55069
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marathon 55073
- Marinette 55075
- Marquette 55077
- Menominee 55078
- Milwaukee 55079
- Monroe 55081
- Oconto 55083
- Outagamie 55087
- Ozaukee 55089
- Polk 55095
- Portage 55097
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Rusk 55107
- Sauk 55111
- Sawyer 55113
- Shawano 55115
- Sheboygan 55117
- Taylor 55119
- Walworth 55127
- Washington 55131
- Waupaca 55135
- Waushara 55137
- Winnebago 55139
- Wood 55141
§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 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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