PLANTS Profile for Swertia perennis (felwort)

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PLANTS Profile

Swertia perennis L.
felwort

Symbol:

SWPE

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Gentianaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N

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Swertia perennis L.

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Synonyms:
Swertia perennis L.

SWPEO

Swertia perennis L. var. obtusa (Ledeb.) Ledeb. ex Griseb.

Distribution:
Swertia perennis L.


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USA (AK, AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY), CAN (BC)

Related Taxa:
Swertia perennis L.

View 17 genera in Gentianaceae, 2 species in Swertia

Classification:
Swertia perennis L.

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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	Swertia L. – felwort
Species	Swertia perennis L. – felwort

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

Swertia perennis L.

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

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Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FAC,FACW

FAC+

FACW-

FACW

FACW*

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Swertia perennis L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 30118.

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: 05/18/2013 01:07 PM CDT