Washington Flora Checklist

Washington Flora Checklist
A Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Washington State
Hosted by the University of Washington Herbarium

Checklist » Gentianaceae

Gentianaceae (Gentian Family)

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Family treatment authored by Carol Brittnacher; last updated 10/21/2003 by Carol Brittnacher

Taxon (native species in boldface)	# Synonyms	Common Names
Centaurium erythraea Rafn	1	European centaury, common centaury [H&C, VPBC2]
*Centaurium exaltatum* (Griseb. in Hook.) Wight ex Piper [H&C]	0	western centaury [H&C], Great Basin centaury [IMF4]
*Frasera albicaulis* Douglas var. *albicaulis* [H&C]	2	white-stemmed frasera [IMF4]
*Frasera albicaulis* Griseb. var. *columbiana* (St. John) Hitchc.	1	Columbia frasera [H&C]
*Frasera albicaulis* Griseb. var. *nitida* (Benth.) Hitchc.	3	shiny frasera [H&C]
*Frasera fastigiata* (Pursh) Heller [H&C]	1	clustered frasera [H&C], Umpqua green-gentian [JPM]
*Frasera speciosa* Dougl. ex Griseb. [H&C]	3	giant frasera [H&C, IMF4], elkweed [IMF4]
*Gentiana affinis* Griseb. in Hook. [H&C]	5	pleated gentian [H&C], prairie gentian [H&C, VPBC2], Rocky Mtn. gentian [IMF4]
*Gentiana calycosa* Griseb. in Hook.	3	explorer's gentian, mt. bog gentian [H&C]
*Gentiana douglasiana* Bong. [H&C]	3	swamp gentian [H&C]
*Gentiana glauca* Pall. [H&C]	5	glaucous gentian [H&C]
*Gentiana sceptrum* Griseb. in Hook. [H&C]	0	staff gentian, king's gentian
*Gentianella amarella* (L.) Boerner ssp. *acuta* (Michx.) J. Gillett	8	felwort [IMF4], northern gentian [VPBC2]
*Gentianella tenella* (Rottb.)Boerner	3	slender gentian [VPBC2], Lapland gentian [IMF4]
*Swertia perennis* L. [H&C]	1	swertia [H&C & IMF4], alpine bog swertia [VPBC2], also felwort [IMF4]
*Zeltnera muehlenbergii* (Griseb.) G. Mans. [JPM2]	2	Muhlenberg`s centaury