Biology:Gentiana puberulenta
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Short description: Species of plant
| Gentiana puberulenta | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Gentianaceae |
| Genus: | Gentiana |
| Species: | G. puberulenta
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| Binomial name | |
| Gentiana puberulenta J.Pringle
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Gentiana puberulenta, the downy gentian,[1] is a branchless perennial plant of the Gentianaceae family native to North America. It is about ¾–1½' tall,[2] with bright blue to deep blue-violet bell-shaped, upright, five-lobed flowers measuring 1½ to 2¼ inches across when fully open.[3] Flowers grow in clusters of 1–8 at the apex of the plant. Lanceolate, sessile, glossy leaves up to 3" long and 1¼" across are arranged oppositely along the central stem, except at the apex where they grow in whorls of 3–7. Gentiana puberulenta grows in dry upland prairies and woods and rocky open slopes.[4]
References
- ↑ "Gentiana puberulenta". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=GEPU5. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
- ↑ Hilty, John (2016). "Prairie Gentian (Gentiana puberulenta)". http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/prairie/plantx/pr_gentianx.htm.
- ↑ Chayka, Katy; Dziuk, Peter (2016), Gentiana puberulenta (Downy Gentian), https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/downy-gentian, retrieved 13 June 2016
- ↑ Template:Kansas Wildflowers
Wikidata ☰ Q15560544 entry
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