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Search Term(s): Gentiana andrewsii var. andrewsii   (1 record found)

GENTIANACEAE
Gentian Family
Gentiana andrewsii var. andrewsii  (closed-bottle gentian)   
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Synonym
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Carex Section
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Meaning of Scientific Name
Gentiana: named for Gentius, 6th century king of Illyria, who found the roots of the yellow gentian to have a healing effect on his malaria-stricken troops; andrewsii: named for Henry Cranke Andrews, c. 1759-1835
Native Plant
Yes
Life Form
Perennial Herb
Phenology (Flowering Period)
October
Physiographic Province
☑ Piedmont
☑ Coastal Plain

County Distribution
☑ New Castle
☐ Kent
☐ Sussex

Habitat
Wet meadows and thickets, edges of marshes
State Status
Rare
Piedmont Status
Rare
Coastal Plain Status
Rare
Global Rank
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Federal Status
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Geographic Affinity
Northern
Species at Limit of Distribution
☐ Northern
☐ Southern

North American Distribution (Non-indigenous Species)
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Coefficient of Conservatism
8
Invasive
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Invasive Watchlist
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Global Origin (Non-native Species)
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Wildlife Values
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Medicinal Properties
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ID Notes
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Additional Info
Natural distribution ranges from the north, south to Delaware and Maryland. Variety dakotica occurs from Manitoba and Saskatchewan south in the Great Plains to Missouri and Illinois.
Habitats in which this plant occurs
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