PLANTS Profile for Gentiana alba (plain gentian)

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PLANTS Profile

Gentiana alba Muhl. ex Nutt.
plain gentian

Symbol:

GEAL4

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Gentianaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Gentiana alba Muhl. ex Nutt.

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Synonyms:
Gentiana alba Muhl. ex Nutt.

GEFL

Gentiana flavida A. Gray

Distribution:
Gentiana alba Muhl. ex Nutt.


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USA (AR, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MD, MI, MN, MO, NC, NE, OH, OK, PA, WI, WV), CAN (MB, ON)

Related Taxa:
Gentiana alba Muhl. ex Nutt.

View 17 genera in Gentianaceae, 36 species in Gentiana

Classification:
Gentiana alba Muhl. ex Nutt.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Gentianales
Family	Gentianaceae – Gentian family
Genus	Gentiana L. – gentian
Species	Gentiana alba Muhl. ex Nutt. – plain gentian

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Gentiana alba Muhl. ex Nutt.

This plant and synonyms italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Indiana:
yellow gentian		Rare
Kentucky:
Gentiana flavida
yellow gentian		Endangered
Michigan:
Gentiana flavida
white gentian		Endangered
Ohio:
yellowish gentian		Threatened
Pennsylvania:
yellow gentian		Extirpated
Wisconsin:
yellow gentian		Threatened

Wetland Indicator Status:
Gentiana alba Muhl. ex Nutt.

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU,FAC

FACU

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Gentiana alba Muhl. ex Nutt.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 29965.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/21/2008 07:02 PM MDT