Aquatic and Wetland Vascular Plants of the Northern Great Plains
Gentianopsis Ma --Fringed gentian
Slender annuals with a small taproot. Flowers 1-several (many), often large, purple to bluish-purple, sometimes tinged with white on the outside, long-peduncled, terminal on the main axis and branches, 4-merous; calyx obconic to funnelform, with 2 opposite lobes longer and more slender than the other 2 opposite lobes; corolla tubular to campanulate, deeply lobed, lacking a plicate membrane between the lobes, the lobes erose or fringed at the tips and sometimes down the sides; stamens 4, the anthers free. Seeds somewhat flattened, densely covered with irregular vesicles.
Reference:
Iltis, H. H. 1965. The genus Gentianopsis (Gentianaceae).
Transfers and phytogeographic comments. Sida 2:129-154.
| Lead | Characteristic | Go To |
| 1 | Leaves ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 2-5X longer than wide; corolla lobes fringed across the tip with linear fringe-segments which are 2-6 mm long. | G. crinita |
| 1 | Leaves linear to linear-lanceolate, 10-15X longer than wide; corolla lobes erose-toothed across the tips, often fringed on the sides. | G. procera |
Return to Family -- Gentianaceae - The Gentian Family
Return to Contents
