Gentiana saponaria L.

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Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Gentianaceae > Gentiana

Characteristics

Stems 2–7 dm, glabrous or occasionally papillate-puberulent; lvs linear to elliptic or obovate, mostly 5–10 cm, scabro-ciliolate; fls few–several in a dense terminal cluster and 1–few in the upper axils or on short lateral branches; cal-tube glabrous, the lobes ciliolate, usually narrowly oblanceolate, shorter than to about as long as the tube; cor blue at least distally, 3–5 cm, ventricose, narrowly open, the lobes usually incurved above, rounded, seldom surpassing the bifid plaits by more than 2 mm; anthers connate; 2n=26. Moist woods and thickets; s. N.Y. to Fla., w. irregularly to Ill., Ark., e. Okla., and e. Tex. Sept., Oct. (G. cherokeensis; Dasystephana latifolia)
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.75
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Wet soils in woodlands.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-9
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-6
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-7

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Tonic (root)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings, divisions or seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.
Mode cuttings divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 14 - 180
Germination temperacture (C°) 17 - 21
Germination luminosity dark
Germination treatment stratification
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Gentiana saponaria world distribution map, present in Canada and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:108545-2
WFO ID wfo-0000698543
COL ID 3FMSJ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Gentiana rigida Dasystephana saponaria Pneumonanthe torreyana Pneumonanthe rigida Gentiana axillaris Gentiana puberula Gentiana saponaria Gentiana torreyana Cuttera saponaria Dasystephana cherokeensis Dasystephana latifolia Dasystephana puberula Gentiana cherokeensis Gentiana collinsiana Gentiana fimbriata Gentiana latifolia Gentiana saponarifolia Gentiana scaberrima Gentiana shortiana Pneumonanthe puberula Pneumonanthe latifolia Pneumonanthe saponaria Pneumonanthe michauxii Gentiana elliottea Gentiana elliottii var. latifolia Gentiana saponaria var. alba Gentiana saponaria var. allegheniensis Xolemia elliotea Xolemia collinsiana Xolemia trachiloma Xolemia shortiana Ciminalis saponaria