Gentianella sp.

A Gentian at Cotter River, ACT

Gentianella sp. at Cotter River, ACT - 23 Feb 2014 11:30 AM
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Gentianella sp. 22 Sep 2014 MichaelMulvaney
Gentianella sp. 22 Sep 2014 MichaelMulvaney
Unidentified 11 Sep 2014 jeremyahagan

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White wildflowers found near Mt Murray in the Bimberi Wilderness

3 comments

   15 Sep 2014
This is a Gentian (Chionogentias) of which there are four species in the ACT. In order to tell them apart we need a close up of the leaves and flower stem. It is probably cunninghami but I can't be sure.
AaronClausen wrote:
   9 Feb 2016
Michael, Just wondering where else these Gentians have been spotted in the ACT? Are they common? They were everywhere up above Thredbo and towards Kosciuszko, stunning little flowers, I really liked them.
   9 Feb 2016
Aaron, Gentiana baeuerlenii is listed as endangered in the ACT and hasn't been seen for at least ten years. There are several other ACT species but all have a pretty restricted distribution in the higher areas of Namadgi. Chionogentias cunninghamii seems to be the most common of the gentians in the ACT.

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Additional information

  • True In flower

Species information

  • Gentianella sp. Scientific name
  • A Gentian Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • 1537.74m to 1603m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
  • In flower
  • Synonyms

    Chionogentias sp.

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