North Carolina Botanical Garden

Plant Index

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Gentiana villosa

Gentiana villosa L.

striped gentian

Synonym(s): Dasystephana villosa, Gentiana deloachii

Image ID: 19343
Image by: Stuart, Will
Image Collection: NCBG Digital Library

PLANT INDEX

ID_PLANT: GEVI5
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Gentiana villosa
Include in WOTAS: 1
Publish to Web: 1
Last Modified: 2019-01-23

GENUS INDEX

GENUS CODE: GENTI
GENUS SCIENTIFIC: Gentiana
GENUS AUTHORITY: L.
GENUS COMMON: Gentian
GENUS SUMMARY: A genus of about 350-400 species, herbs, primarily temperate and arctic. Even following the removal of Gentianopsis and Gentianella (to separate genera and a different subtribe), Gentiana is a large and apparently heterogeneous group, perhaps not monophyletic. No satisfactory comprehensive treatment is available, however. All of the species treated here as Gentiana are in the distinctive group often treated as section, subgenus, or genus Pneumonanthe.
GENUS IDENTIFICATION: Identification Notes: In some species it may be somewhat difficult to interpret the corolla lobes and the corolla appendages. The filaments are alternate to the corolla lobes, and are therefore attached to the lower portion of the corolla appendages.
GENUS REFERENCES: Pringle (1967)=Z; Halda (1996)=Y; Ho & Liu (2001)=X; Pringle & Weakley (2009)=Q; Ho & Liu (1990); Yuan, K�pfer, & Doyle (1996); Pringle (1977). Key adapted from Z.

FAMILY INDEX

FAMILY CODE: GENTIA
FAMILY SCIENTIFIC: Gentianaceae
FAMILY AUTHORITY: A.L. de Jussieu 1789
FAMILY COMMON: Gentian Family
FAMILY SUMMARY: A family of about 87 genera and about 1650 species, herbs, shrubs, and trees, cosmopolitan (Struwe & Albert 2002).
FAMILY REFERENCE: Ho & Liu (1999); Wood & Weaver (1982); Struwe & Albert (2002). [also see MENYANTHACEAE]

NCBG DESCRIPTIVES

INTRO: Erect, sometimes clumped perennial of upland forests and sandhill/pocosin ecotones.
STEMS: Stems 1-several from a single crown, unbranched, smooth.
LEAVES: Leaves opposite, sessile to short-petiolate, elliptic to oblong-lance-shaped, to 4 in. long, glossy and smooth.
INFLORESCENCE:
FLOWERS: Flowers 2-several in leafy, compact terminal cluster; greenish- or yellowish-white tinged or striped with purple; 1-2 in. long; tubular, with 5 triangular lobes that are erect or closed over the opening. A green, cup-shaped calyx with 5 irregular, linear lobes surrounds the base of each flower.
FRUITS: Fruit an ellipsoid to oblong capsule.
COMMENTS:
HEIGHT: 8-22 in.

DURATION: Perennial
HABIT: Herb

LEAF ARRANGEMENT: Opposite
LEAF COMPLEXITY: Simple
LEAF RETENTION:

FLORAL CHARACTERISTICS
SYMMETRY: Radial (Actinomorphic)
BLOOM TIME: Late Aug-Nov

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BLOOM COLOR: Greenish-white tinged with purple

White	Red	Pink	Orange	Yellow	Green	Blue	Lavender	Purple	Violet	Brown	Not Applicable
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DISTRIBUTION
HABITAT TYPE: Dry forests, Moist forests
NATIVE RANGE: eastern United States

HORTICULTURAL
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SOIL MOISTURE: Dry, Average
LIGHT EXPOSURE: Sun, Part Shade, Shade
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GRIM COLLECTIONS

Coll_id	Project	Collection date	Collector	Action
343	HORT	2010-11-12	Poythress	View

GRIM ACCESSIONS

acc_id	acc_num	acc_dt	coll_id	Action
339	2011-0208	2011-10-19	343	View
4637	1992-0793			View
4945	1995-0063			View
5124	1995-0243			View
6116	1995-1247			View

GRIM PLANTINGS

plt_num	acc_id	loc_num	pers_num	inst_dt	Action
819	339	44	NCBG staff	2011-10-18	View
820	339	43	NCBG staff	2011-10-25	View
821	339	16	NCBG staff	2011-11-20	View
822	339	15	NCBG staff	2011-10-31	View
823	339	19	NCBG staff	2011-10-31	View
824	339	18	NCBG staff	2011-10-31	View
825	339	12	Heiney	2011-12-06	View
6966	4637	200	NCBG staff	1993-03-01	View
7364	4945	202	NCBG staff	1992-01-01	View
7546	5124	203	NCBG staff	1992-01-01	View
8771	6116	2	NCBG staff	0000-00-00	View
12267	339	16	Liloia	2020-03-03	View

USDA PLANTS DATABASE

USDA Symbol: GEVI5
USDA Common Name: Striped Gentian
Native Status: L48 (N)
Distribution: USA (AL, DC, DE, FL, GA, IN, KY, LA, MD, MS, NC, NJ, OH, PA, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Forb/herb

WEAKLEY FLORA

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Gentiana villosa
COMMON NAME: Striped Gentian
SYNONYMY: [= C, F, G, K1, K3, Pa, RAB, Va, W, WH3, X, Y, Z; = Dasystephana villosa (Linnaeus) Small - S; = Pneumonanthe villosa (Linnaeus) F.W. Schmidt]
PHENOLOGY: Late Aug-Nov.
HABITAT: Upland forests, sandhill/pocosin ecotones.
COMMENTS: Se. PA west to n. KY and w. TN, south to Panhandle FL and e. LA.
RANGE MAP: Gentiana villosa.png

Key to Map Symbols

ABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora)
Gentianaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789 (Gentian Family)
SUMMARY: A family of about 87 genera and about 1650 species, herbs, shrubs, and trees, cosmopolitan (Struwe & Albert 2002).
REFERENCE: Ho & Liu (1999); Wood & Weaver (1982); Struwe & Albert (2002). [also see MENYANTHACEAE]

ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora)
Gentiana L. (Gentian)
SUMMARY: A genus of about 350-400 species, herbs, primarily temperate and arctic. Even following the removal of Gentianopsis and Gentianella (to separate genera and a different subtribe), Gentiana is a large and apparently heterogeneous group, perhaps not monophyletic. No satisfactory comprehensive treatment is available, however. All of the species treated here as Gentiana are in the distinctive group often treated as section, subgenus, or genus Pneumonanthe.
REFERENCE: Pringle (1967)=Z; Halda (1996)=Y; Ho & Liu (2001)=X; Pringle & Weakley (2009)=Q; Ho & Liu (1990); Yuan, K�pfer, & Doyle (1996); Pringle (1977). Key adapted from Z.

HERBARIUM RESOURCES

SERNEC: Find Gentiana villosa in Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)
UNC SERNEC: Find Gentiana villosa in University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium - Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)

WEB RESOURCES

USDA: Find Gentiana villosa in USDA Plants
NPIN: Find Gentiana villosa in NPIN Database
FNA: Find Gentiana villosa in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Gentiana villosa

IMAGE USE RECORDS

ID IMAGE: 19343 - Primary Image FloraQuest Plant Detail Page (Landscape Preferred)
ID IMAGE1: 19343 - Primary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE2: 0 - Secondary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE3: 21580 - Primary Image Plant Sale Sign (Landscape Only)
ID IMAGE4: 0 - Primary Image New Plant Sale Label (Portrait Only)