[Gentians: The Genus Gentiana in the Cascade Mts. of Oregon and Washington]

Prairie Gentian, Pleated Gentian

Gentiana affinis

Synonyms: Gentiana affinis var. oregana, Gentiana affinis var. ovata, Gentiana affinis var. parvidentata, Gentiana interrupta, Gentiana oregana

Pleated Gentian, Prairie Gentian, Rocky Mountain Gentian, Trapper's Gentian: Gentiana affinis (Synonyms: Dasystephana affinis, Dasystephana interrupta, Gentiana affinis ssp. ovata, Gentiana affinis var. bigelovii, Gentiana affinis var. forwoodii, Gentiana affinis var. major, Gentiana affinis var. oregana, Gentiana affinis var. ovata, Gentiana affinis var. parvidentata, Gentiana bigelovii, Gentiana forwoodii, Gentiana interrupta, Gentiana oregana, Gentiana rusbyi, Pneumonanthe affinis, Pneumonanthe bigelovii) - Pleated Gentian, Prairie Gentian, Rocky Mountain Gentian, Trapper's Gentian: Gentiana affinis (Synonyms: Dasystephana affinis, Dasystephana interrupta, Gentiana affinis ssp. ovata, Gentiana affinis var. bigelovii, Gentiana affinis var. forwoodii, Gentiana affinis var. major, Gentiana affinis var. oregana, Gentiana affinis var. ovata, Gentiana affinis var. parvidentata, Gentiana bigelovii, Gentiana forwoodii, Gentiana interrupta, Gentiana oregana, Gentiana rusbyi, Pneumonanthe affinis, Pneumonanthe bigelovii) - Flower buds of Pleated Gentian, Prairie Gentian, Rocky Mountain Gentian, Trapper's Gentian: Gentiana affinis (Synonyms: Dasystephana affinis, Dasystephana interrupta, Gentiana affinis ssp. ovata, Gentiana affinis var. bigelovii, Gentiana affinis var. forwoodii, Gentiana affinis var. major, Gentiana affinis var. oregana, Gentiana affinis var. ovata, Gentiana affinis var. parvidentata, Gentiana bigelovii, Gentiana forwoodii, Gentiana interrupta, Gentiana oregana, Gentiana rusbyi, Pneumonanthe affinis, Pneumonanthe bigelovii)

Pleated gentian in bud in grasslands in deeper, drier soils towards the edges of Summit Prairie, Malheur National Forest........August 20, 2011. Note that there are multiple flowers clustered atop each stem.

Pleated Gentian, Prairie Gentian, Rocky Mountain Gentian, Trapper's Gentian: Gentiana affinis (Synonyms: Dasystephana affinis, Dasystephana interrupta, Gentiana affinis ssp. ovata, Gentiana affinis var. bigelovii, Gentiana affinis var. forwoodii, Gentiana affinis var. major, Gentiana affinis var. oregana, Gentiana affinis var. ovata, Gentiana affinis var. parvidentata, Gentiana bigelovii, Gentiana forwoodii, Gentiana interrupta, Gentiana oregana, Gentiana rusbyi, Pneumonanthe affinis, Pneumonanthe bigelovii) - Pleated Gentian, Prairie Gentian, Rocky Mountain Gentian, Trapper's Gentian: Gentiana affinis (Synonyms: Dasystephana affinis, Dasystephana interrupta, Gentiana affinis ssp. ovata, Gentiana affinis var. bigelovii, Gentiana affinis var. forwoodii, Gentiana affinis var. major, Gentiana affinis var. oregana, Gentiana affinis var. ovata, Gentiana affinis var. parvidentata, Gentiana bigelovii, Gentiana forwoodii, Gentiana interrupta, Gentiana oregana, Gentiana rusbyi, Pneumonanthe affinis, Pneumonanthe bigelovii)

Young, leafy stems of pleated gentian (left) two months prior to blooming. Photographed at Summit Prairie, Malheur National Forest.........May 28, 2014. Pleated gentian in bloom in Summit Prairie, Malheur National Forest........August 10, 2015.

Prairie Gentian, Pleated Gentian: Gentiana affinis (Synonyms: Gentiana affinis var. oregana, Gentiana affinis var. ovata, Gentiana affinis var. parvidentata, Gentiana interrupta, Gentiana oregana)


Prairie Gentian, Pleated Gentian: Gentiana affinis (Synonyms: Gentiana affinis var. oregana, Gentiana affinis var. ovata, Gentiana affinis var. parvidentata, Gentiana interrupta, Gentiana oregana)


Paul Slichter