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Gentiana decora
Also called Appalachian Gentian
Gentiana decora, commonly called Appalachian gentian or showy gentian is a flowering plant in the gentian family. It is native to North America, where it is endemic to the Southern Appalachian Mountains. Its natural habitat is acidic oak woodlands, most often in somewhat dry conditions.
Its flowers are blue-white and produced late in the fall.
Gentian · Plain gentian · Southern Gentian · Closed bottle gentian · Willow Gentian · Appalachian gentian · Pine barren gentian · Baeuerlen's Gentian · Gentiana bavarica · Gentiana bredboensis · Rainier pleated gentian · Elliott's gentian
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gentiana decora by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
