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Rocky Mountain Fringed Gentian - Gentianopsis thermalis
Other Names:
Gentiana detonsa var. unicaulis, Gentianella detonsa var. elegans, Gentianopsis detonsa
General Description
Taprooted annual or biennial, stems glabrous, usually branched. Basal leaves forming a rosette or reduced to one pair, 2-6.5 cm long, obovate-elliptic to spatulate; cauline leaves linear to spatulate. Flowers solitary, terminal, on pedicles up to 30 cm long. Calyx tube 9-14 mm, lobes 8-20 mm long; corolla 25-60 mm long, narrowly funnelform, the lobes 10-35 mm long, lateral margins ciliate to fimbriate or toothed, the apex erose to dentate (adapted from: Welsh, 1993, A Utah Flora, 2nd ed., revised).
Species Range
Montana Range
Range Descriptions
Native
Range Comments
Eastern ID and MT south to NV, UT, and NM (Kartesz in prep. 2012).
Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
Number of Observations: 16
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Relative Density
Recency
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Habitat
Sagebrush meadows to mountains, including aspen and spruce-fir communities (Welsh, 1993, A Utah Flora, 2nd ed., revised).
References
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Aho, Ken Andrew. 2006. Alpine and Cliff Ecosystems in the North-Central Rocky Mountains. Ph.D. Dissertation. Bozeman, Montana: Montana State University. 343 p.- Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 771 p.
- Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2022. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants, Second Edition. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 779 p.
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