Moss Gentian - Gentiana fremontii
Other Names:
Gentiana aquatica
Glabrous annual or biennial similar to
G. prostrata. Stems prostrate to ascending, simple or branched at the base, 2–10 cm. Leaves basal and cauline; the basal suborbicular, 5–10 mm long; the cauline oblanceolate, 4–7 mm long. Inflorescence a solitary, terminal flower. Flowers 4- to 5-merous, funnelform; calyx 4–12 mm long; corolla white, 7–15 mm long with spreading lobes 1–2 mm long. Capsule 4–7 mm long, opening by 2 valves on an elongating stipe (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
POLLINATORS The following animal species have been reported as pollinators of this plant species or its genus where their geographic ranges overlap:
Bombus appositus,
Bombus fervidus,
Bombus flavifrons,
Bombus sylvicola,
Bombus pensylvanicus, and
Bombus kirbiellus (Colla and Dumesh 2010, Pyke et al. 2012, Williams et al. 2014, Ogilvie and Thomson 2015).