Gentiana villosa L.

Striped gentian (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Gentianaceae > Gentiana

Characteristics

Stems erect or ascending, 2–5 dm, mostly simple; herbage glabrous or nearly so; lvs dark green, oblanceolate to oblong-obovate, 4–10 cm, a fifth to two-fifths as wide, usually widest above the middle, tapering to a sessile base; fls subsessile, usually numerous and crowded in terminal (or also axillary) infls; cal-lobes irregular, linear, 10–30 × 1–3 mm; cor 3–5 cm, tubular with erect lobes, greenish-white, striped with pale purple inside, its lobes 3–6 mm longer than the oblique, entire or 1–2-toothed plaits; anthers connate or separate; seeds wingless; 2n=36. Woods; s. N.J. to s. O. and s. Ind., s. to Ga., n. Fla., and La. Sept., Oct.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Gout (unspecified), Medicine (unspecified), Nausea (unspecified), Dyspepsia (unspecified), Nervine (unspecified), Rheumatism (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 14 - 180
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity dark
Germination treatment stratification
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Images

Leaf

Gentiana villosa leaf picture by Brenda Johnson (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Gentiana villosa flower picture by Kate (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Gentiana villosa world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:108626-2
WFO ID wfo-0000698938
COL ID 3FN24
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Dasystephana villosa Gentiana clavata Gentiana deloachii Gentiana intermedia Gentiana serpentaria Cuttera ochroleuca Gentiana heterophylla Gentiana incarnata Pneumonanthe villosa Pneumonanthe ochroleuca Pneumonanthe intermedia Pneumonanthe incarnata Ciminalis ochroleuca Gentiana ochroleuca Gentiana ochroleuca var. heterophylla Gentiana ochroleuca var. incarnata Gentiana ochroleuca var. intermedia Xolemia heterophyla Xolemia serpentaria Dasystephana decloachii Gentiana villosa