PLANTS Profile for Gentiana affinis (pleated gentian)

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PLANTS Profile

Gentiana affinis Griseb.
pleated gentian

Symbol:

GEAF

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Gentianaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Gentiana affinis Griseb.

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Synonyms:
Gentiana affinis Griseb.

	DAAF	Dasystephana affinis (Griseb.) Rydb.
	DAIN4	Dasystephana interrupta (Greene) Rydb.
	GEAFB	Gentiana affinis Griseb. var. bigelovii (A. Gray) Kusnez.
	GEAFF	Gentiana affinis Griseb. var. forwoodii (A. Gray) Kusnez.
	GEAFM	Gentiana affinis Griseb. var. major A. Nelson & Kennedy
	GEAFO	Gentiana affinis Griseb. var. ovata A. Gray
	GEAFP	Gentiana affinis Griseb. var. parvidentata Kusnez.
	GEBI4	Gentiana bigelovii A. Gray
	GEFO	Gentiana forwoodii A. Gray
	GEIN2	Gentiana interrupta Greene
	GEOR4	Gentiana oregana Engelm. ex A. Gray
	GERU2	Gentiana rusbyi Greene
	PNAF	Pneumonanthe affinis (Griseb.) W.A. Weber
	PNBI	Pneumonanthe bigelovii (A. Gray) Greene

Distribution:
Gentiana affinis Griseb.


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USA (AZ, CA, CO, ID, MN, MT, ND, NM, NV, OR, SD, TX, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NT, SK)

Related Taxa:
Gentiana affinis Griseb.

View 17 genera in Gentianaceae, 36 species in Gentiana

Classification:
Gentiana affinis Griseb.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Gentianales
Family	Gentianaceae – Gentian family
Genus	Gentiana L. – gentian
Species	Gentiana affinis Griseb. – pleated gentian

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Gentiana affinis Griseb.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

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Reg. H

FACU

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FACU

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Gentiana affinis Griseb.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 29964.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 06/20/2013 05:43 AM CDT