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Gentian Family
2 species
Order: Gentianales
Family: Gentianaceae (Gentian family)
Genus: Gentianopsis
Species: Crinita
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Duration: annual / biennial / perennial ? - also known as
Greater Fringed Gentian - Smaller (or Lesser) Fringed
Gentian (G. virgata - formerly procera) has longer and
narrower leaves - native to Canada
Greater Fringed Gentian - Smaller (or Lesser) Fringed
Gentian (G. virgata - formerly procera) has longer and
narrower leaves - native to Canada
Updated January 1 2015
More Fringed Gentian
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Gentianales
Family: Gentianaceae (Gentian family)
Genus: Centaurium
Species: Pulchellum
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Duration: annual - also known as Lesser Centaury -
European Centaury or Feverwort (C. erythraea - formerly
umbellatum) is similar - native to Eurasia
European Centaury or Feverwort (C. erythraea - formerly
umbellatum) is similar - native to Eurasia
Class: Magnoliopsida
Fringed Gentian - flower approx. 5 cm - leaves 3 to 6 cm - height to 80 cm - Toronto Islands - September 2010
Updated November 28 2015
More Branched Centaury
Branched Centaury - flower approx. 8 mm - leaves to 2.5 cm - height to 20 cm - Leaside Industrial Area - July 2015