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Alpine gentian

Gentiana newberryi

Also called Newberry's Gentian

Alpine gentian
Photo: Merrie Freed, Public domain

Gentiana newberryi is a small perennial gentian from western North America, grown in cool, moist conditions where it naturally occurs in wet mountain meadows. It does best with consistently moist soil and cool summers.

Family
Gentianaceae (Gentian family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Part shade, Full sun
Water
Keep soil consistently moist during the growing season; avoid waterlogging in winter.
Soil
Moist, humus-rich, well-draining soil with added organic matter.
Temperature
10–20 °C; tolerates cold winters, protect from prolonged heat above 30 °C.
How easy
Hard
Native range
Oregon to California
Climate
temperate

About

Gentiana newberryi is a species of gentian known by the common names alpine gentian and Newberry's gentian. It is a perennial herb found in western North America.

Where it grows

The plant is native to California and Oregon. Its habitat is wet mountain meadows.

Other Gentiana plants

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 newberryi by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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.

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