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Hungarian Gentian
Gentianaceae

Hungarian Gentian

Gentiana pannonica Scop.

Gentiana pannonica Scop., the Hungarian gentian, is a perennial medicinal herb classified as near threatened, native to mountain regions of Central Europe.

Parry's gentian
Gentianaceae

Parry's gentian

Gentiana parryi Engelm.

Parry's gentian (Gentiana parryi) is a perennial herb native to four U.S. states in the western United States.

marsh gentian
Gentianaceae

marsh gentian

Gentiana pneumonanthe L.

Gentiana pneumonanthe, the marsh gentian, is a Gentiana species found in marshes and host to Alcon blue butterflies.

pygmy gentian
Gentianaceae

pygmy gentian

Gentiana prostrata Haenke

Gentiana prostrata Haenke is a small herb with closing blue flowers, native to subalpine and alpine wet areas of western North America.

downy gentian
Gentianaceae

downy gentian

Gentiana puberulenta J.S.Pringle

Gentiana puberulenta, downy or prairie gentian, is a blue-flowered North American perennial gentian found in dry open habitats.

spotted gentian
Gentianaceae

spotted gentian

Gentiana punctata L.

Gentiana punctata (spotted gentian) is a least concern herbaceous flowering gentian found in Central and Southeastern European mountains.

Purple Gentian
Gentianaceae

Purple Gentian

Gentiana purpurea L.

Purple gentian (Gentiana purpurea L.) is a flowering gentian native to Central and Northern Europe, whose root is sometimes used for gentian bitters.

Balsam Mountain gentian
Gentianaceae

Balsam Mountain gentian

Gentiana saponaria L.

Gentiana saponaria L. is a rare bumblebee-pollinated bottle gentian native to eastern North America that grows in undisturbed sandy soil.

king's scepter gentian
Gentianaceae

king's scepter gentian

Gentiana sceptrum Griseb.

Gentiana sceptrum, or king's scepter gentian, is a perennial flowering herb native to the wet habitats of the North American west coast.

Gentiana sedifolia Kunth
Gentianaceae

Gentiana sedifolia Kunth

Gentiana sedifolia Kunth

Gentiana sedifolia Kunth is a small alpine herb ranging from Costa Rica to northern Chile with colored funnel flowers that close in cool conditions.

crested gentian
Gentianaceae

crested gentian

Gentiana septemfida Pall.

Gentiana septemfida is a blue-flowered herbaceous perennial native to the Caucasus and Turkey, popular in cultivation.

Bladder Gentian
Gentianaceae

Bladder Gentian

Gentiana utriculosa L.

Gentiana utriculosa is a flowering plant from the Gentianaceae family native to Europe's mountains.

spring gentian
Gentianaceae

spring gentian

Gentiana verna L.

Gentiana verna, the spring gentian, is a small alpine flowering plant widespread across Eurasia and northern Africa, protected as endangered in several European countries.

autumn gentian
Gentianaceae

autumn gentian

Gentianella amarella (L.) Börner

Gentianella amarella (autumn gentian) is a biennial herb with five subspecies that grows in varied grassland habitats across calcium-rich to peaty soils.

Common New Zealand Gentian
Gentianaceae

Common New Zealand Gentian

Gentianella bellidifolia (Hook.fil.) Holub

Gentianella bellidifolia is a native New Zealand Gentianella species found in alpine areas of both main islands.

field gentian
Gentianaceae

field gentian

Gentianella campestris (L.) Börner

Gentianella campestris is a small European biennial flowering plant with variable petal colors, found in open grassy and disturbed habitats.

Gentianella foliosa (Kunth) Fabris
Gentianaceae

Gentianella foliosa (Kunth) Fabris

Gentianella foliosa (Kunth) Fabris

Gentianella foliosa is a Gentianaceae plant endemic to Ecuador that grows in subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.

agueweed
Gentianaceae

agueweed

Gentianella quinquefolia (L.) Small

Gentianella quinquefolia, commonly called agueweed, is a gentian-family flowering plant native to eastern North America.

greater fringed gentian
Gentianaceae

greater fringed gentian

Gentianopsis crinita (Froel.) Ma

Gentianopsis crinita is a rare biennial herb native to eastern North America, known for its fringed blue autumn flowers.

Sierra Fringed Gentian
Gentianaceae

Sierra Fringed Gentian

Gentianopsis holopetala (A.Gray) Iltis

Gentianopsis holopetala, or Sierra gentian, is a gentian-family flowering plant native to the Sierra Nevada mountains.

lesser fringed gentian
Gentianaceae

lesser fringed gentian

Gentianopsis virgata (Raf.) Holub

Gentianopsis virgata, the lesser fringed gentian, is a biennial herb native to eastern USA and eastern Canada.

Gopher apple
Chrysobalanaceae

Gopher apple

Geobalanus oblongifolius (Michx.) Small

Geobalanus oblongifolius, or gopher apple, is an evergreen shrub native to the southeastern US whose fruit feeds local wildlife.

Caryophyllaceae

Geocarpon groenlandicum (Retz.) E.E.Schill.

Geocarpon groenlandicum (Retz.) E.E.Schill.

Geocarpon groenlandicum is a rare low-growing perennial plant with white flowers found in eastern North America and Greenland.

Northern Comandra
Comandraceae

Northern Comandra

Geocaulon lividum (Richardson) Fernald

Geocaulon lividum, the only species in the Geocaulon genus, is a hemiparasitic perennial herb native to northern North America.

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