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Gentiana septemfida Pall.
Gentianaceae
Mazandaran, Iran
September 2026
Elevation 2950m
#Gentiana #botany #ecology #wildflowers
September 21, 2026 at 1:38 PM
scottzona.bsky.social
The Gentianaceae (102 genera/1700+ spp) are worldwide, esp. abundant in montane regions. Their leaves are opposite, entire & glabrous; large flowers & 2-lipped stigma. Gentiana (345 spp), incl. this G. verna, does blue flowers especially well! #Gentianaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
Close-up photo of three, 5-lobed, blue flowers. Note the appendages at the mouth of the corolla tube. Photo by Scott Zona CC BY-NC 2.0.
December 8, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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This is Helia, probably H. acutangula (but I’m not 100% sure), from Brazil. It is a bat-pollinated Gentianaceae. Those big, funnel-shaped flowers on tall, naked stems are easy for small, echolocating, nectar-feeding bats to find. #Gentianaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
Photo of naked stems bearing flowers at various stages, from buds to senescence. The open flowers are green and widely funnel-shaped. Photo by Scott Zona CC BY-NC 2.0.
December 12, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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Fagraea is a genus of woody Gentianaceae, of which there are many. Fagraea is found in the tropics of Asia, Australia & the Pacific. Many have large, showy flowers & ornamental potential but are seldom cultivated. This is Fagraea ceilanica. #Gentianaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
Photo of a pair of large, white, tubular, trumpet-shaped flowers with 5-lobed corollas. The stamens are visible in the centers of the flowers. Photo by Scott Zona CC BY-NC 2.0.
December 11, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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The temperate species of Gentianaceae are herbaceous, like this odd little Obolaria virginica, the only member of its genus. It’s widespread across the SE USA. Linnaeus bestowed the name from the Greek, obolos, a coin of ancient Athens, but I’m not sure why. #Gentianaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
Photo of a woodland plant growing among leaf litter and Oxalis plants. The upright stems have small, olive-green leaves and bear white flowers at their tips. Photo by Scott Zona CC BY-NC 2.0.
December 8, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Gentianella saxosa
(Rock gentian)
Gentianaceae
Waipapa Point, South Island,
New Zealand, May 2025
#GentianellaSaxosa #RockGentian #Gentianaceae #Aotearoa #NewZealand #WaipapaPoint #nzplants #NZflora #NewZealandFlora #botany #nature #NaturePhotography #photographyofbluesky #bluesky
July 9, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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Mycoheterotrophy (likely a parasitic relationship with mycorrhizal fungi) is known in the Gentianaceae in the genus Voyrya, which has an unusual amphi-Atlantic distribution, occurring in the African & American tropics. This is Voyria aphylla. #mycoheterotroph #Gentianaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
Photo of thread-like leafless, achlorophyllous stems bearing solitary yellow flowers at their tips. Photo by Scott Zona CC BY-NC 2.0.
December 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Swertia spp. (Gentianaceae)

❶ S. cordata ❷ S. bimaculata
❸ S. angustifolia var. pulchella ❹ S. cincta
November 27, 2024 at 11:25 AM
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🌱💙HOW SOON IS NOW? Gentiana acaulis bloom is a few weeks away - so not soon enough!😎 Gentianaceae
Gentiana acaulis 'Maxima' - suburban Chicagoland, Illinois - April 2017. Gentiana acaulis 'Holzmann' - suburban Chicagoland, Illinois - March 2025. Gentiana acaulis 'Maxima' - suburban Chicagoland, Illinois - April 2017.
March 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Swertia spp. (Gentianaceae)

❶ S. macrosperma ❷ S. decora
❸ S. mussotii ❹ S. punicea
November 27, 2024 at 11:10 AM
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Gentiana asclepiadea, the willow gentian. From the Gentianaceae family, this perennial is native to Central and Eastern Europe.

#secretgardengrowers #perennialgarden #pnwgardening #gentiana #bloomscrolling
#summersolstice #gentianaasclepiadea #gentian
June 22, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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A beautiful but endangered species of #Gentiana #Gentianaceae from #Sikkim described as new to science by Indian researchers #CalcuttaUniversity, #GuruNanakDevUniversity, #MansarovarGlobalUniversity #Forest&EnvironmentDeptartmentSikkim in #OpenAccess #EJB @thebotanics.bsky.social: bit.ly/49adcvL
May 18, 2026 at 2:10 PM
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あちらで、大好きな春の青色花の話をしたのでこちらでも
フデリンドウ Gentiana zollingeri
　リンドウ目 Gentianales
　リンドウ科 Gentianaceae
　リンドウ属 Gentiana ラテン語のリンドウ（植物名）そのまま
zollingei は植物学者の人名 Zollinger 由来

林間の陽だまりで咲く、空のようなこの青がねー
March 31, 2026 at 6:36 AM
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Can you find a flowering member of the Gentian family or Gentianaceae, that’s the challenge this week. Post your finds for #WildflowerHour this Sunday 8-9pm using the hashtag #GentianFamily. Happy flower hunting!
August 8, 2024 at 7:09 AM
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#NewSpecies
Gentiana daofuensis
A newly discovered #gentianaceae from #china!

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/A24D894C-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/phyt...
#PhytoKeys #GentianaDaofuensis

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#OA #taxonomy #nature #biodiversity #conservation #botany #flora #wildflowers #flowers #plants
Morphological characteristics of Gentiana daofuensis, habit.
March 20, 2026 at 7:17 AM
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Can you find a flowering member of the Gentian family or Gentianaceae, that’s the challenge this week. Post your finds for #WildflowerHour this Sunday 8-9pm using the hashtag #GentianFamily. Happy flower hunting!
The beautiful fringed flowers of the Autumn Gentian. Can you find a member of the Gentian Family, that’s the challenge this week from WildflowerHour. Don’t forget that Yellow Wort and the Centaury’s are also members of this gorgeous family!
August 21, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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Fagraea auriculata Jack (Gentianaceae), flowering now outside the SING Herbarium, Botany Centre, Singapore Botanic Gardens. Large flowers go from white, to pale yellow, to golden yellow and then over. #tree #botany #Singapore

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July 13, 2026 at 11:44 AM
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Exacum affine is just one of 76 spp from tropical Africa, Asia & Australia. Its showy flowers are fine examples of herkogamy (spatial separation of ♂ & ♀ parts within a flower). This one is cultivated as a florist plant. Some ssp of Exacum are mycoheterotrophs. #Gentianaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
Close-up photo of a purple flower with 6 petal lobes. There are six porate anthers on in a group curved to one side. The long style and stigma curve away from the stamens. Photo by Scott Zona CC BY-NC 2.0.
December 10, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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The species of Sabatia (21 spp; 📷: S. angularis) are some of the prettiest wildflowers in the eastern US, Mexico & the Antilles. The similar-looking Zeltnera (27 spp; 📷: Z. venusta) occurs in western N. America but has a much wider distribution (to S. Amer.) #Gentianaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
Cluster of showy, 5-lobed, pink flowers with green eyes. Photo by Scott Zona CC BY-NC 2.0. Cluster of showy, 5-lobed, pink flowers with yellow eyes. Photo by Scott Zona CC BY-NC 2.0.
December 9, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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One of the commonly cultivated genera in the family is Eustoma, a genus of just 2 spp. from N., C. & S. America. It’s popular as a bedding annual & cut flower. This is a Eustoma russellianum hybrid. Note the big, 2-lobed stigma so typical of many in the family. #Gentianaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
Tightly cropped close-up photo of large, white, trumpet-shaped flowers with prominent 2-lobed stigmas. Photo by Scott Zona CC BY-NC 2.0.
December 13, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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♻️🆓: Polyploidy and hybridization in the Mediterranean: unravelling the evolutionary history of Centaurium (Gentianaceae)
doi.org/10.1093/aob/...

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Polyploidy and hybridization in the Mediterranean: unravelling the evolutionary history of Centaurium (Gentianaceae)
AbstractBackground and Aims. Polyploidy is considered one of the main mechanisms of plant evolution and speciation. In the Mediterranean Basin, polyploidy
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April 5, 2026 at 11:09 AM
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2022 Photograph, Rosepink (Sabatia angularis, Gentian Family Gentianaceae), Manassas National Battlefield, Manassas, Virginia, © 2022.
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September 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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On the cover of our #LatestIssue:

Close-up of Sabatia angularis (Gentianaceae) flowers with curled stigma lobes, a characteristic of older #flowers. Image courtesy of @rosepinkecoevo.bsky.social.

See Spigler & Otrowski: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/QINNB3...

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The cover of New Phytologist 251: 3. Close-up of Sabatia angularis (Gentianaceae) flowers with curled stigma lobes, a characteristic of older flowers. Image courtesy of Rachel Spigler.
July 9, 2026 at 11:29 AM
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Frasera is a genus of 15 spp in N. America. In 2024, a 19-year-old plant of F. caroliniensis growing in the NC Bot. Garden bloomed for the first & last time. This species is monocarpic (it flowers & dies). The peculiar greenish flowers have nectaries on the petals. #Gentianaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
Photo of an upright stalk bearing whorls of bracts and flowers. The flowers hang down and have 4 lobes. Each lobe has a green spot (a nectary) near its base. Photo by Scott Zona CC BY-NC 2.0.
December 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Dia de campo, dia de flor bonita!
Calolisianthus speciosus - Gentianaceae
Imagem de uma planta nativa com uma corola tubular lilás claro bem bonita em forma de sino. Ao fundo é possível ver a imagem de um chapadão do Cerrado
June 10, 2025 at 12:26 AM