Gentianaceae
Pleated gentian
Gentiana affinis
- Family
- Gentianaceae
- Genus
- Gentiana
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Pleated gentian
Synonyms
- Dasystephana affinis (Griseb.) Rydb.
- Dasystephana bigelovii (A.Gray) Rydb.
- Dasystephana forwoodii (A.Gray) Rydb.
- Dasystephana interrupta (Greene) Rydb.
- Dasystephana oregana (Engelm. ex A.Gray) Rydb.
- Dasystephana oxyloba Greene
- Dasystephana rusbyi (Greene ex Kusn.) Wooton & Standl.
- Gentiana affinis subsp. rusbyi (Greene ex Kusn.) Halda
- Gentiana affinis var. affinis
- Gentiana affinis var. bigelovii (A.Gray) Kusn.
- Gentiana affinis var. brachycalyx A.Gray
- Gentiana affinis var. forwoodii (A.Gray) Kusn.
- Gentiana affinis var. major A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr.
- Gentiana affinis var. ovata A.Gray
- Gentiana affinis var. parvidentata Kusn.
- Gentiana bigelovii A.Gray
- Gentiana bigelowii A.Gray
- Gentiana forwoodii A.Gray
- Gentiana interrupta Greene
- Gentiana oregana Engelm. ex A.Gray
- Gentiana rusbyi Greene ex Kusn.
- Pneumonanthe affinis (Griseb.) Greene
- Pneumonanthe bigelovii (A.Gray) Greene
- Pneumonanthe forwoodii (A.Gray) Greene
- Pneumonanthe interrupta (Greene) Greene
- Pneumonanthe oregana (Engelm. ex A.Gray) Greene
- Pneumonanthe rusbyi (Greene ex Kusn.) Greene
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Rolf Engstrand, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rolf Engstrand, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rolf Engstrand, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rolf Engstrand, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rolf Engstrand, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rolf Engstrand, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rolf Engstrand, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rolf Engstrand, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.