Gentiana clausa

Classification	Dicots
Family	Gentianaceae
Family (Traditional)	Gentianaceae
Genus	Gentiana
Species:	Gentiana clausa Raf.
Common Name	Bottle Gentian
Growth Habit	forb
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics	Armaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Moisture Requirements: Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Wetland; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: September; Reproductive Phenology: October; Leaf Arrangement: opposite; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaflet Number: 0; Anther Type: Basifixed; Base Flower Color: Blue; Base Flower Color: Purple; Carpel Number/Pistil: 2; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Capsule; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Perianth Present: Yes; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Parietal; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 4; Stamen Number: 5
C value	7
Status	Native; AGCP (FAC), EMP (FACW) (NWPL); TN[SNR] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions

Southeastern Plains
- Blackland Prarie
Blue Ridge Mountains
Ridge and Valley
Cumberland Plateau
Cumberland Mountains
Allegheny Plateau

Interior Plateau
- Bluegrass Region
- Nashville Basin
- Pennyroyal Karst Plain
- Western Highland Rim
- Eastern Highland Rim

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Blount (TN), Carter (TN), Johnson (TN), Sevier (TN), Sullivan (TN), Unicoi (TN), Washington (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ETSU, MEM, TENN, UCHT, VDB

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1961 - 2018

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
ETSU007344	Carter	Tennessee	09 Oct 2015	Frosty Levy	ETSU Gentiana clausa
ETSU008461	Carter	Tennessee			ETSU Gentiana clausa
TENN-V-0176113	Washington	Tennessee			TENN Gentiana clausa
UCHT008058	Carter	Tennessee	12 Sep 1967	J. S. Pringle, A. J. Sharp, Gwynn Ramsey, F. Barclay, J. K. Underwood. 29371	UCHT Gentiana clausa
BRIT118718	Johnson	Tennessee	06 Jun 1991	Milo Pyne 91-034b	VDB Gentiana clausa
N/A	Carter	Tennessee	23 Aug 2014	Frosty Levy	ETSU Gentiana clausa
ETSU027365	Sullivan	Tennessee	21 Oct 2018	Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker, Sollie Walker 18457	ETSU Gentiana clausa
ETSU032801	Washington	Tennessee			ETSU Gentiana clausa
ETSU018021	Carter	Tennessee			ETSU Gentiana clausa
ETSU018023	Sevier	Tennessee			ETSU Gentiana clausa
TENN-V-0176112	Unicoi	Tennessee			TENN Gentiana clausa
ETSU018022	Sullivan	Tennessee			ETSU Gentiana clausa
TENN-V-0176111	Sullivan	Tennessee			TENN Gentiana clausa
TENN-V-0176106	Carter	Tennessee	12 Sep 1961	J.S Pringle, A.J. Sharp, Gwynn Ramsey, F. Barclay, J.K. Underwood 29371	TENN Gentiana clausa
BRIT118714	Carter	Tennessee	11 Sep 1978	Paul Somers 1482	VDB Gentiana clausa
TENN-V-0176109	Johnson	Tennessee			TENN Gentiana clausa
TENN-V-0176107	Carter	Tennessee			TENN Gentiana clausa
UCHT041993	Carter	Tennessee			UCHT Gentiana clausa
BRIT118715	Carter	Tennessee	12 Sep 1973	G. Gonsoulin 3425	VDB Gentiana clausa
BRIT118716	Carter	Tennessee	10 Sep 1973	G. Gonsoulin 3399	VDB Gentiana clausa
TENN-V-0176110	Sullivan	Tennessee			TENN Gentiana clausa
TENN-V-0176108	Carter	Tennessee			TENN Gentiana clausa
MEM004183	Blount	Tennessee	25 Oct 1967	Raymond Athey s.n.	MEM Gentiana clausa

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Gentiana clausa

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