Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium


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Family Gentianaceae
Gentiana X billingtonii Farw. (pro sp.)
Billington's 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
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Status: Native
Plant: perennial forb
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(PARENTS = Gentiana andrewsii Griseb. X G. puberulenta J.S.Pringle)
         
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