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Photographer: Emmet J. Judziewicz
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Family Gentianaceae
Gentiana rubricaulis Schwein.
closed gentian, Great Lakes gentian, red-stemmed gentian
Gentiana: named after Gentius, King of Illyria, who around 500 B.C. found the roots of the herb yellow gentian or bitterwort to have a healing effect on his malaria-stricken troops
rubricaulis: red stemmed
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 12"-28" tall forb |
| Flower: | white with blue spots, 5-parted, 1"-2" long, tubular-shaped with a small opening at the top, folds with 1 tooth between the petals; inflorescence usually terminal clusters; blooms Aug.-Sept. |
| Leaf: | mostly stalkless, smooth, light green, opposite |
| Habitat: | wet; meadows |
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