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Gentianaceae

Harvestbells

Gentiana saponaria L.

Family
Gentianaceae
Genus
Gentiana

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Harvestbells: Gentiana saponaria
Photo: Chris Hartman from Boston, Massachusetts, United States, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (1)
English
Harvestbells

Synonyms

  • Ciminalis saponaria Bercht. & J.Presl
  • Cuttera saponaria Raf.
  • Dasystephana cherokeensis W.P.Lemmon
  • Dasystephana latifolia Small
  • Dasystephana puberula (Michx.) Small
  • Dasystephana saponaria (L.) Small
  • Gentiana axillaris Raf.
  • Gentiana cherokeensis (W.P.Lemmon) Fernald
  • Gentiana collinsiana Raf.
  • Gentiana elliottea Raf.
  • Gentiana elliottii var. latifolia Chapm.
  • Gentiana fimbriata Vahl
  • Gentiana latifolia Britton
  • Gentiana latifolia
  • Gentiana ochroleuca Muhl.
  • Gentiana puberula Michx.
  • Gentiana rigida Raf.
  • Gentiana saponaria var. alba Regel
  • Gentiana saponaria var. allegheniensis Jenn.
  • Gentiana saponarifolia Stokes
  • Gentiana scaberrima Kusn.
  • Gentiana shortiana Raf.
  • Gentiana torreyana Raf.
  • Pneumonanthe latifolia (Small) Greene
  • Pneumonanthe michauxii G.Don
  • Pneumonanthe puberula (Michx.) Greene
  • Pneumonanthe rigida (Raf.) Raf.
  • Pneumonanthe saponaria Greene
  • Pneumonanthe saponaria (L.) F.W.Schmidt
  • Pneumonanthe torreyana (Raf.) Raf.
  • Xolemia collinsiana (Raf.) Raf.
  • Xolemia elliotea (Raf.) Raf.
  • Xolemia shortiana (Raf.) Raf.
  • Xolemia trachiloma Raf.

Flowers

In flower
October to November (from 132 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: native

Photos

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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.