Gentianella amarella (L.) Börner
Northern Gentian (autumn dwarf gentian)
Gentianaceae (Gentian family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Northern Gentian (autumn dwarf gentian)
Gentianaceae (Gentian family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
SUBTAXA PRESENT IN BC
Gentianella amarella ssp. acuta
Species Information
General:
Annual herb from a taproot; stems ascending to erect, several, simple or branched, 5-55 cm tall.
Leaves:
Basal leaves oblanceolate but soon deciduous; stem leaves opposite, lanceolate to egg-shaped, 1-6 cm long, 3-15 mm wide, not joined at the base, somewhat purplish.
Flowers:
Inflorescence of open to dense axillary or terminal clusters of few to several stalked flowers, the stalks shorter than the adjacent internode; corollas bluish-purple or pink to yellow-green, 10-15 mm long, tubular, 5-lobed, the lobes fringed in the throat; calyces 5-7 mm long, 5-lobed, the lobes longer than the tubes and the margins entire; stamens shorter than the corolla tubes; anthers 1 mm long.
Fruits:
Capsules, cylindric; seeds egg-shaped to spheric, wingless, nearly glabrous, yellow to light brown, 0.5-0.8 mm long.
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Gentianella amarella
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
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|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
1420 | 34 | 2459 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
23 | 0 | 230 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
191 | 0 | 360 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
3 | 0 | 8 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
C | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
698 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
ESSF | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
At(16), BAFA(15), BG(5), BWBS(44), ESSF(200), ICH(8), IDF(144), IMA(5), MH(1), MS(105), PP(3), SBPS(45), SBS(29), SWB(33) | ||
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Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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