Gentianopsis crinita Average moisture

Gentianopsis crinita Average moistureGreater Fringed Gentian (Gentianopsis crinita) Gentian Family This biennial gentian is best suited to full sun and moist soils, though it prefers some shade in more southerly climates. In early to mid fall, it produces vivid blue flowers with finely fringed petals. As a biennial, plants forma basal rosette in the first year and flower in the second before setting seed and dying. Seed capsules develop after bloom and split to release numerous small

but are found naturally in shadier areas

but old runners become woody and provide support for younger shoots

Sundew Family

Plants are very attractive trailing over the edge of a tall pot

bright green leaves

Native Status: NC native

In the wild

and moist thickets throughout eastern North America

it produces numerous golden-yellow flowers with dark central discs

Each trap only functions for a few captures before it naturally dies off and is replaced by new growth

It does not spread aggressively but will gradually increase in size

*Must be kept consistently moist (does not need to be in sitting water constantly)