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Gentiana prostrata

Distribution
from USDA
w North America; Eurasia; questionably in s South America
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Discussion

Varieties 2+ (1 in the flora).

Gentiana prostrata is variously divided into subspecies and/or varieties. At least two, perhaps more, varieties seem appropriately recognized at that rank (one in the flora).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 14.
Parent taxa Gentianaceae > Gentiana
Sibling taxa
G. affinis, G. algida, G. andrewsii, G. austromontana, G. autumnalis, G. calycosa, G. catesbaei, G. clausa, G. decora, G. douglasiana, G. flavida, G. fremontii, G. glauca, G. latidens, G. linearis, G. newberryi, G. nivalis, G. parryi, G. pennelliana, G. platypetala, G. plurisetosa, G. puberulenta, G. rubricaulis, G. saponaria, G. sceptrum, G. setigera, G. villosa
Subordinate taxa
G. prostrata var. prostrata
Synonyms Chondrophylla prostrata, Ciminalis prostrata
Name authority Haenke in N. J. Jacquin: Collectanea 2: 66, plate 17, fig. 2. (1789)
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