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§1 Plant

Gentiana clausa Raf.

vernacular bottle gentian — species · Gentianaceae

USDA
GECL
GBIF
3170096
Rank
species
bottle gentian (Gentiana clausa)
Platephotograph · zen SutherlandCC BY-NC-SA 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

· 172 counties across 11 states/territories
Legend Native · 172 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
Rapid
Lifespan
Moderate
Mature height
1.5 ft
Foliage texture
Coarse
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Porous
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
Purple
Fruit colour
Brown
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Late Summer
Seed abundance
High
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Moderate
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
2,982,354
Propagation
seed
§3e

Use & availability

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

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 172 counties across 11 states/territories.

District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 9 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 15 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 27 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 58 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 25 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 9 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

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

plants.usda.gov/GECL ↗

GBIF Backbone

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

gbif.org/species/3170096 ↗

Record version

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usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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