Bottle Gentian
Gentiana andrewsii
Also known as: Closed Gentian, Andrews' Bottle Gentian
Flowers never fully open. Bumblebees are nearly the only pollinators strong enough to pry the petals apart, making this a specialist resource late in the season.
- Family
- Gentianaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–2 ft
- Spacing
- 1–1 ft apart
- Light
- part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- moist, wet
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- August, September, October
- Bloom colors
- white, blue, purple
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- border, container, rain garden
- Native states
- AL, AR, CO, CT, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SD, VT, WI, WV
Related native plants
More Gentiana species
- Plain Gentian (Gentiana alba)
- Meadow Bottle Gentian (Gentiana clausa)
- Narrow-leaved Gentian (Gentiana linearis)
- Soapwort Gentian (Gentiana saponaria)
- Closed Red Gentian (Gentiana rubricaulis)