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§1 Plant
Gentiana alba Muhl. ex Nutt.
vernacular plain gentian — species · Gentianaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Gentianaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Gentiana
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 204 counties across 14 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 204 counties across 14 states/territories.
Arkansas view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Alexander 17003
- Calhoun 17013
- Cass 17017
- Christian 17021
- Clark 17023
- Clay 17025
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- DuPage 17043
- Fulton 17057
- Grundy 17063
- Hancock 17067
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jasper 17079
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lee 17103
- Macoupin 17117
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- Menard 17129
- Mercer 17131
- Morgan 17137
- Moultrie 17139
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Pope 17151
- Scott 17171
- St. Clair 17163
- Stephenson 17177
- Tazewell 17179
- Wabash 17185
- Will 17197
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 45 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Barry 29009
- Benton 29015
- Boone 29019
- Camden 29029
- Carter 29035
- Cass 29037
- Clark 29045
- DeKalb 29063
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Franklin 29071
- Gentry 29075
- Greene 29077
- Harrison 29081
- Henry 29083
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Johnson 29101
- Knox 29103
- Maries 29125
- McDonald 29119
- Mercer 29129
- Moniteau 29135
- Morgan 29141
- Newton 29145
- Nodaway 29147
- Oregon 29149
- Ozark 29153
- Phelps 29161
- Putnam 29171
- Ralls 29173
- Randolph 29175
- Ripley 29181
- Scotland 29199
- Scott 29201
- Shannon 29203
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Louis 29189
- Stone 29209
- Sullivan 29211
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Warren 29219
- Wright 29229
New York view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 10 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Brown 55009
- Buffalo 55011
- Calumet 55015
- Chippewa 55017
- Columbia 55021
- Crawford 55023
- Dane 55025
- Dodge 55027
- Door 55029
- Dunn 55033
- Eau Claire 55035
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Iowa 55049
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- La Crosse 55063
- Lafayette 55065
- Milwaukee 55079
- Monroe 55081
- Outagamie 55087
- Pepin 55091
- Pierce 55093
- Polk 55095
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Sauk 55111
- Sheboygan 55117
- St. Croix 55109
- Vernon 55123
- Walworth 55127
- Waukesha 55133
- Winnebago 55139
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/GEAL4 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/12232463 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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