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Gentiana saponaria L.
harvestbells

       
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Photo of Gentiana saponaria L.
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Gentiana saponaria L.

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Distribution:
Gentiana saponaria L.

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USA (AL, AR, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MD, MI, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV)
 

Related Taxa:
Gentiana saponaria L.

View 17 genera in Gentianaceae, 36 species in Gentiana or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Gentiana saponaria L. var. latidens House. .
Gentiana saponaria var. latidens
harvestbells
Distribution of Gentiana saponaria L. var. saponaria. . Image Available.
Gentiana saponaria var. saponaria
harvestbells
Plant is native (blue) Native   Plant is introduced Introduced
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Classification:
Gentiana saponaria L.

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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 saponaria L. – harvestbells
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Gentiana saponaria L.

This plant is 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.

Michigan:
soapwort gentian              Probably Extirpated
New York:
soapwort gentian              Endangered
Ohio:
soapwort gentian              Endangered
Pennsylvania:
soapwort gentian              Endangered
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Gentiana saponaria L.

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FACW-,FACW FACW FACW- FACW- NO NO FACW- NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Gentiana saponaria L.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 29986.

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

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

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

 
 
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