Great Lakes Gentian
Gentiana rubricaulis
Plants: erect, perennial, 30 to 71 cm tall forb
Leaves: mostly stalkless, smooth, light green, opposite
Flowers: white with blue spots to pale greenish/violet to white or gray tinged with blue, 5-parted, 2 to 5 cm long, tubular-shaped with a small opening at the top, folds with 1 tooth between the petals; inflorescence usually terminal clusters; blooms Aug.-Sept.
Leaves: mostly stalkless, smooth, light green, opposite
Flowers: white with blue spots to pale greenish/violet to white or gray tinged with blue, 5-parted, 2 to 5 cm long, tubular-shaped with a small opening at the top, folds with 1 tooth between the petals; inflorescence usually terminal clusters; blooms Aug.-Sept.