Top native dwarf, fringed, and green gentians
33 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Monument Plant
Frasera speciosa
caterpillars
1
flowers
28
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Samiland Gentian
Comastoma tenellum
food
5
flowers
1
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Felwort
Swertia perennis
food
4
flowers
2
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Desert Green Gentian
Frasera albomarginata
food
1
flowers
4
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American Columbo
Frasera caroliniensis
flowers
28
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Whitestem Frasera
Frasera albicaulis
flowers
13
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Autumn Gentian
Gentianella amarella
flowers
12
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Coahuila Frasera
Frasera parryi
flowers
7
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Pine Green Gentian
Frasera neglecta
flowers
5
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Kern Frasera
Frasera tubulosa
flowers
4
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Ackerman's Frasera
Frasera ackermaniae
flowers
4
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Paniculate Frasera
Frasera paniculata
flowers
3
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Inyo Frasera
Frasera puberulenta
flowers
3
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Umpqua Green-gentian
Frasera umpquaensis
flowers
3
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Greater Fringed Gentian
Gentianopsis crinita
flowers
2
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Pahute Green Gentian
Frasera pahutensis
flowers
2
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Pennywort
Obolaria virginica
flowers
1
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Agueweed
Gentianella quinquefolia
flowers
1
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Fourpart Dwarf Gentian
Gentianella propinqua
flowers
1
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Rocky Mountain Fringed Gentian
Gentianopsis thermalis
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Lesser Fringed Gentian
Gentianopsis virgata
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Sierra Fringed Gentian
Gentianopsis holopetala
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Yellow Screwstem
Bartonia virginica
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Spurred Gentian
Halenia deflexa
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White Screwstem
Bartonia verna
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Hiker's Gentian
Gentianopsis simplex
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Twining Screwstem
Bartonia paniculata
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Perennial Fringed Gentian
Gentianopsis barbellata
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Marsh Felwort
Lomatogonium rotatum
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Cathedral Bluff Dwarf Gentian
Gentianella tortuosa
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Gentianella heterosepala
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Sunnyside Green Gentian
Frasera gypsicola
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Texas Screwstem
Bartonia texana