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Definition of Stiff gentian
1. Noun. Gentian of eastern North America having clusters of bristly blue flowers.
Generic synonyms: Gentian
Group relationships: Gentianella, Genus Gentianella
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stiff Gentian
Literary usage of Stiff gentian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Southern Wild Flowers and Trees: Together with Shrubs, Vines and Various by Alice Lounsberry (1901)
"The stiff gentian, a quaintly pretty one among them all, grows in either dry or
moist soil and often ascends to a considerable height on the mountains. ..."
2. Minnesota Plant Life by Conway MacMillan (1899)
"... and inside the notches of the corolla tube. The leaves are opposite and
lance-shaped. The stiff gentian and the oblong-leafed F1G. 172. Yellow gentian. ..."
3. Lake Maxinkuckee: A Physical and Biological Survey by Barton Warren Evermann, Howard Walton Clark (1920)
"stiff gentian; AGUE-WEED GENTIANA QUINQUEFOLIA L. Rare about the lake; only one
small clump of plants found; this was at the base of the bank near the lake ..."
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