Biology:Gentiana prostrata

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Short description: Species of plant

Gentiana prostrata
Gentiana prostrata Atlas Alpenflora.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Gentianaceae
Genus: Gentiana
Species:
G. prostrata
Binomial name
Gentiana prostrata
Haenke
Synonyms

Chondrophylla nutans
Chondrophylla prostrata
Ciminalis prostrata
Gentiana nutans

Gentiana prostrata is a rare species of gentian known by the common name pygmy gentian.

It is native to Eurasia and to western North America from Alaska and northern Canada to Colorado and California . It is a resident of moist areas in the high mountains.

Description

This is an annual herb reaching only a few centimeters tall. The leaves are generally oval-shaped and up to about six millimeters long. They are green and sometimes edged in dull white. The solitary flower is about a centimeter wide at the mouth, with triangular or diamond-shaped lobes in shades of deep blue to purple. Between each lobe of the corolla is a sinus appendage with jagged, thready tips. The fruit is a capsule containing wingless seeds.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q955695 entry