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Photographer: Emmet J. Judziewicz
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Family Gentianaceae
Gentianopsis crinita (Froel.) Ma
fringed gentian, greater fringed gentian
Gentianopsis: resembling or having the form of Gentian
crinita: with long hairs
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, annual/biennial, 12"-32" tall forb, often branched near the top |
| Flower: | blue, 4-parted, 1 1/2"-2" wide, funnel-shaped, petals densely fringed, with no folds between; solitary on long stalks; blooms Aug.-Oct. |
| Leaf: | stalkless, 3/8"-3/4" wide, upper leaves lance-shaped with wide, rounded bases |
| Habitat: | moist; meadows, woods, streambanks |
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