Gentian Flower

Daily Camera: Mitton: Green gentians live for decades, but only flower once

This summer I have enjoyed a profusion of flowering green gentians on the Uncompahgre Plateau and also in the area around Crested Butte. To my astonishment, many flowering stalks reach over my head. I ...

Could improved pollination be the reason these flowers close up when a bee flies in? Gentians are beautiful little trumpet-shaped flowers and a few can do something astonishing – they squeeze shut ...

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Reading Eagle: Outside: A beatiful wildflower called Fringed gentians need our help

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Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on X (Opens in new window) X Fringed gentians are one of my very favorite native wildflowers. I love their four elegant petals with fringes like ...

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Mountain bog gentian (Gentiana calycosa), also known as Mountain gentian, Blue gentian, or Explorer's gentian, is one of our most beautiful wildflowers. It can be found blooming from late July through ...

Science Daily: Harry Potter And The Ecuadorian Flowers: A New Species Of The Gentian Family Gets A Potteresque Name

Harry Potter And The Ecuadorian Flowers: A New Species Of The Gentian Family Gets A Potteresque Name

Brainerd Dispatch: Ask the Master Gardener: Meet bottle gentian, one of Minnesota's unusual and beautiful native flowers

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Answer: Bottle gentian (Gentiana andrewsii) is a Minnesota wildflower that is found in most of the state. The plants have gorgeous royal blue, bottle-like flowers that never actually open and look ...

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Ask the Master Gardener: Meet bottle gentian, one of Minnesota's unusual and beautiful native flowers

CU Boulder News & Events: Green gentians live for decades, but only flower once