Gentianaceae
Bog gentian
Gentiana calycosa
- Family
- Gentianaceae
- Genus
- Gentiana
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Bog gentian, Explorer's gentian, Rainier pleated gentian
Synonyms
- Dasystephana calycosa (Griseb.) Rydb.
- Dasystephana calycosa var. xantha (A.Nelson) A.Nelson
- Dasystephana monticola (Rydb.) Rydb.
- Dasystephana obtusiloba Rydb.
- Gentiana calycosa f. alpina Herder
- Gentiana calycosa subsp. asepala Maguire
- Gentiana calycosa subsp. typica Maguire
- Gentiana calycosa var. asepala (Maguire) C.L.Hitchc.
- Gentiana calycosa var. calycosa
- Gentiana calycosa var. monticola Rydb.
- Gentiana calycosa var. obtusiloba (Rydb.) C.L.Hitchc.
- Gentiana calycosa var. stricta Griseb.
- Gentiana calycosa var. xantha A.Nelson
- Gentiana cusickii Gand.
- Gentiana gormanii Howell
- Gentiana idahoensis Gand.
- Gentiana myrsinites Gand.
- Gentiana obtusiloba (Rydb.) Hultén
- Gentiana saxicola English
- Pneumonanthe calycosa (Griseb.) Greene
Flowers
- Flower colour
- blue (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Dcrjsr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jay Sturner from USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.