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§1 Plant
Gentiana catesbaei Walter
vernacular Elliott's gentian — species · Gentianaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Gentianaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Gentiana
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 88 counties across 9 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 88 counties across 9 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 9 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 1 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Chowan 37041
- Columbus 37047
- Cumberland 37051
- Currituck 37053
- Duplin 37061
- Gates 37073
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Hertford 37091
- Hoke 37093
- Hyde 37095
- Johnston 37101
- Martin 37117
- Montgomery 37123
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- Pamlico 37137
- Pasquotank 37139
- Perquimans 37143
- Pitt 37147
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Tyrrell 37177
- Wake 37183
- Wayne 37191
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 20 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Brunswick 51025
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Greensville 51081
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- Mathews 51115
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Southampton 51175
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/GECA10 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3170117 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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