About Gentiana prostrata Haenke
Gentiana prostrata Haenke is a small annual or biennial herb. Its stems can grow either erect or prostrate. The leaves of this species are small, pointed, and oval-shaped. Single blue flowers grow at the tips of its erect stems, and these flowers close when shaded or touched. In North America, Gentiana prostrata is distributed across western Canada, where it occurs in Alberta, British Columbia, the Northwest Territories, and Yukon, as well as the western United States, where it occurs in Alaska, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming. It grows in bogs and moist meadows located in subalpine and alpine areas.
