Wildflowers Identified: Downy or Sand Gentian
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Downy or Sand Gentian has these characteristics:
- 5 petals
- tubular petals
- single flower on stem
- cluster or spike of flowers (a spike is a long cluster, with the flowers along the stem)
- 5/8 to 1 inch flower width
- 1 to 2 inches flower width
- blue to purple flower color
- blooms in August
- blooms in September or later
- plant height one foot or less
- plant height one foot to two feet
- leaf petiole absent (has no leafstalk)
- opposite one another leaf arrangement on the stem
- smooth leaf edges
- parallel leaf veins
- simple leaves about 1 1/2 to 5 times as long as wide
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Eric Haines,
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