Gentianella propinqua (Richardson) J.M. Gillett
Four-parted Gentian (Dwarf Groundsmoke; fourpart dwarf gentian; Spreading Groundsmoke)
Gentianaceae (Gentian family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Four-parted Gentian (Dwarf Groundsmoke; fourpart dwarf gentian; Spreading Groundsmoke)
Gentianaceae (Gentian family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
SUBTAXA PRESENT IN BC
Gentianella propinqua ssp. propinqua
Species Information
General:
Annual herb from a taproot; stems ascending to erect, several, simple or branched from the base, 4-40 cm tall.
Leaves:
Basal leaves oblanceolate to spoon-shaped or elliptic, crowded, forming a rosette; stem leaves opposite, narrowly egg-shaped, 5-35 mm long, 2-10 mm wide, not joined at the base.
Flowers:
Inflorescence of loose, axillary and terminal clusters of several to many, stalked flowers; corollas blue to white, 12-20 mm long, tubular to narrowly funnelform, 4-lobed, the lobes not fringed in the throat; calyces 5-12 mm long, 4-lobed, the lobes longer than the tubes; stamens as long as the corolla tubes; anthers 0.7-1.5 mm long.
Fruits:
Capsules, cylindric; seeds egg-shaped, wingless, glabrous, light to dark brown, 0.6-0.8 mm long.
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Gentianella propinqua
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) |
1705 | 500 | 2465 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
22 | 0 | 80 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
176 | 10 | 360 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
3 | 1 | 6 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
C | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
65 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
BAFA | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
AT(4), BAFA(21), BWBS(3), ESSF(20), IDF(2), IMA(1), MS(2), SBS(2), SWB(9) | ||
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Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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