[Gentians: The Genus Gentiana West of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]
Staff Gentian, King's Gentian, King's Sceptre Gentian
Gentiana sceptrum
Synonyms: Gentiana menziesii, Gentiana sceptrum var. cascadensis, Gentiana sceptrum var. humilis, Gentiana sceptrum var. sceptrum
- ![Staff Gentian: Gentiana sceptrum](../../../../cascade/5petal/gentian/gentian/sceptrum/sceptrum1b.jpg)
Inflorescence of staff gentian as seen in meadows at Little Crater Lake, Mt. Hood National Forest.......August 9, 2006.
- ![Staff Gentian: Gentiana sceptrum](../../../../cascade/5petal/gentian/gentian/sceptrum/sceptrum1.jpg)
Staff gentian as seen in meadows surrounding Little Crater Lake in the Mt. Hood National Forest.
Paul Slichter