Gentiana newberryi
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Gentianaceae |
| Genus: | Gentiana |
| Species: | G. newberryi
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Gentiana newberryi is a species of gentian known by the common names alpine gentian and Newberry's gentian. It is a perennial herb found in western North America.[1]
Distribution
[edit]The plant is native to California and Oregon. Its habitat is wet mountain meadows.[2]
Description
[edit]Gentiana newberryi is a small perennial herb growing short stems which lie against the ground or snake through the grass.
The curving leaves are lance-shaped to spoon-shaped. The foliage is green and may have purple coloration along the edges and tips.
Flowers are solitary or come in inflorescences of up to five. Each flower is trumpet-shaped and up to 5 or 6 centimeters long, and 3 centimeters wide at the mouth. The lobes of the flower corolla have rounded to slightly pointed tips. Between each of the five lobes is a sinus appendage which comes to a very sharp point and twists into a thread. The outer surface of the mainly white flower is sharply striped with light to deep blue.[2] The inner surface may be lightly striped with greenish or yellowish coloration, and freckled with a similar color.
The fruit is a capsule containing winged seeds.
References
[edit]- ^ "Gentiana newberryi Calflora". www.calflora.org. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
- ^ a b "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
External links
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