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(2 leaves) 

 WESTERN FRINGED GENTIAN 



Gentia'na el'egans, syn. Anthopo'gon el'egans 



Flowers solitary at ends of stems 

 or branches, large, showy, sky bluo 

 to ..purplish, veined 



United petals (corolla) bell-shaped or 

 funnel-shaped, 1 to 2 in. long, 4-lobed ; 

 lobes toothed at tips and fringed along 

 sides 



Stamens 4, with straight pollen saca 

 (anthers) 



Outer united flower parts (calyx) 

 about as long as tubular part of corolla, 

 green, spotted or tinged with purple, 

 with 4 ndged, tapering-peinted lobes 



Seed pod (capsule) 1-celled, stalked, 

 many-seeded, tipped by persistent, 

 short, thickened stalk (style) ending in 

 2 somewhat rounded plates (stigmas) 



Leaves opposite, blunt-tipped, hair- 

 less; basal leaves spatula-shaped or 

 reverse-egg-shaped, stalked ; stem leaves 

 oblong, often somewhat clasping, stalk- 

 less 



Stem erect, 4 to 16 in. high, angled, 

 usually branched near base 



Taproot slender, shallow; annual 



