Maryland Biodiversity Project - Narrow-leaved Gentian (Gentiana linearis)

Narrow-leaved Gentian Gentiana linearis Froel

Kingdom Plantae > Division Tracheophyta > Class Magnoliopsida > Order Gentianales > Family Gentianaceae > Genus Gentiana Narrow-leaved Gentian - Gentiana linearis - https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/view/2417

Grows from Lake Superior to Labrador and south, mainly in mountains.

Has very slender leaves and rounded flower lobes. Flower color is blue to white.

Look in wet meadows, bogs, and wet woods in mountainous Maryland.

There are 24 records in the project database.

Narrow-leaved Gentian growing in Garrett Co., Maryland (8/22/2009). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

A Narrow-leaved Gentian growing in Garrett Co., Maryland (8/22/2009). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

Narrow-leaved Gentian blooming in Garrett Co., Maryland (9/11/2013). Photo by Jim Stasz. (MBP list)

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