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Gentiana glauca
Also called Alpine Gentian, Blue Green Gentian, Glaucous Gentian
Gentiana glauca is a species of flowering plant in the gentian family known by the common names pale gentian and glaucous gentian. It is native to eastern Asia and northwestern North America from Alaska and the Northwest Territories to Washington and Montana.
This perennial herb produces a basal rosette of oval leaves each 1–2 cm (0.39–0.79 in) long from a rhizome. Leaves on the stem are oppositely arranged, in pairs of 2–4, and 5–10 mm long. The stem grows to a maximum height near 15 cm (5.9 in).
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gentiana glauca 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.
