Definition of Gentiana calycosa

1. Noun. Tufted sometimes sprawling perennial with blue flowers spotted with green; western North America.

Exact synonyms: Explorer's Gentian
Generic synonyms: Gentian

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gentiana Calycosa

Genk
Gennari
Gennari's band
Gennari's stria
Genoa
Genoan
Genoans
Genoese
Genova
Genovese
Genseric
Gent
Gentiana
Gentiana acaulis
Gentiana andrewsii
Gentiana calycosa (current term)
Gentiana clausa
Gentiana crinita
Gentiana detonsa
Gentiana holopetala
Gentiana lutea
Gentiana pneumonanthe
Gentiana procera
Gentiana quinquefolia
Gentiana saponaria
Gentiana thermalis
Gentiana villosa
Gentianaceae
Gentianales
Gentianella quinquefolia

Literary usage of Gentiana calycosa

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons (1906)
"Gentiana calycosa, Griseb. Gentian Family. Stems.—Six to twelve inches high. Leaves.—Eighteen lines to less than an inch long. Flowers.—Deep, rich blue. ..."

2. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden by New York Botanical Garden (1900)
"FI. 21: 120; Man. RM 245]. Mountain tops, at an altitude of 3000 m. MONTANA: Gallatin Peak, 1886,^. Tweedy, 1197; Mill Creek, 1887, 84. •Gentiana calycosa ..."

3. Mount Rainier, a Record of Exploration by Edmond Stephen Meany (1916)
"Gentiana calycosa stricta Grisebach. Hydrophyllum congestum Wiegand. Polemonium elegans Greene. Polemonium bicolor Greenman. Dodecatheon crenatum Greene. ..."

4. New Manual of Botany of the Central Rocky Mountains (vascular Plants) by John Merle Coulter (1909)
"Gentiana calycosa Gri-eb. Gent. 292. ... Gentiana calycosa xantha A. NeU. 1. c. Leaves about 5 pairs, longer than the ..."

5. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1902)
"Gentiana calycosa xantha, n. var.— Habit of the species, smaller, idm or less high : leaves about five pairs, longer than the internodes; the single flower ..."

6. Mazama: A Record of Mountaineering in the Pacific Northwest by Or Mazamas (Portland, Mazamas (Portland, Or.) (1907)
"... common Alaska species,—and the entire absence of such plants as Erythronium montanum, Erythronium parviflorum, Dodecatheon Jeffreyi, Gentiana calycosa, ..."

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