Gentiana catesbaei

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Gentiana catesbaei
Gentiana catesbaei AFP.jpg
Photo by the Atlas of Florida Plants Database
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicots
Order: Gentianales
Family: Gentianaceae
Genus: Gentiana
Species: G. catesbaei
Binomial name
Gentiana catesbaei
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GENT CATES DIST.JPG
Natural range of Gentiana catesbaei from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Taxonomic Notes

Synonyms: none.

Varieties: none.

Description

G. catesbaei is a perennial forb native to the southeast United States [1].

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

G. catesbaei can be found in "pocosins, moist longleaf pine savanna edges, edges of moist hardwood forests, bluff seepages" [2]. Habitat typically has saturated, loamy, peat soil [3].

Phenology

G. catesbaei typically flowers from late September through November[2], but can still have flowers present through mid-December [3].

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

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References and notes

  1. USDA Plants Database URL: https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=GECA10
  2. 2.0 2.1 Weakley, A. S. (2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Herbarium.
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