Gentianaceae
Whitehead
Enicostema verticillatum
- Family
- Gentianaceae
- Genus
- Enicostema
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Whitehead
Synonyms
- Adenema hyssopifolium G.Don
- Centaurium verticillatum (L.) E.H.L.Krause
- Coutoubea verticillata G.Don
- Enicostema occidentale (Griseb.) Griseb.
- Ericoila verticillata (L.) Borkh.
- Exacum verticillatum (L.) Willd.
- Gentiana hyssopifolia L. ex Spreng.
- Gentiana lignosa Murray ex Steud.
- Gentiana octoflora Vitman
- Gentiana verticillata L.
- Hippion verticillatum (L.) F.W.Schmidt
- Hippion verticillatum var. occidentale (Griseb.) Kuntze
- Slevogtia occidentalis Griseb.
- Slevogtia verticillata D.Don
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: monkeyjodey, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Matteo Bellucci, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matteo Bellucci, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Guillaume Delaitre, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Guillaume Delaitre, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Chris D Thomas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Annika Lindqvist, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.