North Carolina Wildflowers

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Gentianaceae

Columbo (Swertia carolinensis) Columbo (Swertia carolinensis)
Clay Co., NC 22 May 2005

This is a rare plant in NC, known only from a few counties in the sw. portion of the state. Some authorities call it Frasera carolinensis

Columbo (Swertia carolinensis) Columbo (Swertia carolinensis)
Clay Co., NC 22 May 2005

Normal flower with 4 petals.

Columbo (Swertia carolinensis) Columbo (Swertia carolinensis)
Clay Co., NC 22 May 2005

Aberrant flower with 5 petals!


Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.


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