PLANTS Profile for Gentiana prostrata (pygmy gentian)

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PLANTS Profile

Gentiana prostrata Haenke
pygmy gentian

Symbol:

GEPR3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Gentianaceae

Duration:

Annual
Biennial
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N

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©Al Schneider. Southwest Colorado Wildflowers. United States, CO, NM, AZ, UT, Four Corners vicinity, within 150 miles of the corners. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires permission of the copyright holder.

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Gentiana prostrata Haenke

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Synonyms:
Gentiana prostrata Haenke

CHNU4	Chondrophylla nutans (Bunge) W.A. Weber
CHPR15	Chondrophylla prostrata (Haenke) J.P. Anderson
CIPR3	Ciminalis prostrata (Haenke) Á. Löve & D. Löve
GENU	Gentiana nutans Bunge	tundra gentian
GEPRA2	Gentiana prostrata Haenke var. americana Engelm.

Distribution:
Gentiana prostrata Haenke


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USA (AK, CA, CO, ID, MT, NV, OR, UT, WY), CAN (AB, BC, NT, YT)

Related Taxa:
Gentiana prostrata Haenke

View 17 genera in Gentianaceae, 36 species in Gentiana

Classification:
Gentiana prostrata Haenke

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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 prostrata Haenke – pygmy 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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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 prostrata Haenke

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

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Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACW,OBL

OBL

FACW

NI*

FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Gentiana prostrata Haenke

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 29983.

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).

Time Generated: 06/19/2013 06:47 AM CDT