Gentianopsis Holopetala
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''Gentianopsis holopetala'' is a species of flowering plant in the
gentian family Gentianaceae is a family of flowering plants of 103 genera and about 1600 species. Etymology The family takes its name from the genus ''Gentiana'', named after the Illyrian king Gentius. Distribution Distribution is cosmopolitan. Characteristi ...
known by the common names Sierra fringed gentian or just "Sierra gentian"'. It is native to the
Sierra Nevada The Sierra Nevada () is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin. The vast majority of the range lies in the state of California, although the Carson Range spur lies primarily ...
and adjacent mountains in
California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...
and
Nevada Nevada ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. N ...
, in
wet meadow A wet meadow is a type of wetland with soils that are saturated for part or all of the growing season. Debate exists whether a wet meadow is a type of marsh or a completely separate type of wetland. Wet prairies and wet savannas are hydrologically ...
s from 6000 to 11,000 ft in elevation. This is an annual or
perennial A perennial plant or simply perennial is a plant that lives more than two years. The term ('' per-'' + '' -ennial'', "through the years") is often used to differentiate a plant from shorter-lived annuals and biennials. The term is also wide ...
herb, growing stems which may be anywhere from a few centimeters long to nearly half a meter, and may lay along the ground or grow erect. Its small oval or spoon-shaped leaves are mostly basal but may grow sparsely further along the stem. Each flower grows at the end of a long peduncle, which may be longer than the actual stem. The flower is trumpet shaped and up to 5 centimeters long. It narrows at the mouth and opens into a corolla, with 4 lobes each about half as long as the tube. The flower is any shade of purple or blue, and has longitudinal striping of varied shades of purple to nearly white (see image detail at left). The throat inside the trumpet may be white. The 4 green sepals are pointed, with a dark stipe. The fruit is a capsule containing several bumpy seeds.


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Jepson Manual TreatmentPhoto gallery
holopetala Flora of California Flora of Nevada Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States) Flora of the Great Basin Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Gentianales-stub