Gentianella sp.

A Gentian at Cotter River, ACT

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Identification history

Gentianella sp.	17 Jun 2025	MichaelMulvaney
Gentianella polysperes	7 Jan 2025	Csteele4
Gentianella sylvicola	3 Aug 2024	Tapirlord
Gentianella sp.	2 Aug 2024	MB

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5 comments

Tapirlord wrote:

3 Aug 2024

Potentially very very exciting, the suggested species hasn't been seen in the ACT for decades. i'll get back to you

MB wrote:

3 Aug 2024

@Tapirlord Since this may be a significant sighting, I have dug up my GPS track and matched the photo time and updated the location coordinates. It's probably accurate to 100 m.

Csteele4 wrote:

7 Jan 2025

@Tapirlord doing the clean-up. Only one sighting for your suggested species on iNat, and it is by Jackie Miles, who left very comprehensive notes. Using those notes and PlantNet, my conclusion is that this is unlikely to be G sylvicola (her specimen was flowering in April) and instead is G polysperes. Thoughts?

Tapirlord wrote:

8 Jan 2025

My suggestion was based off the sighting notes which say the plant was flowering in mid April. That would make it either G.Sylvicola or G.muelleriana at this altitude. It would be quite late and quite high for G.polysperes.

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

17 Jun 2025

Worth checking out again this August and hopefully capture leaves and whole plant

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Location information

Sighting information

1 Abundance
13 Apr 2023 10:40 AM Recorded on
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MB NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Other Wildflowers & Herbs Plants

Additional information

True In flower

Species information

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

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