Biology:Gentiana prostrata
Gentiana prostrata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Gentianaceae |
Genus: | Gentiana |
Species: | G. prostrata
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Binomial name | |
Gentiana prostrata Haenke
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Synonyms | |
Chondrophylla 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
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentiana prostrata.
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