Gentiana prostrata
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Habitat: Occurs in bogs and wet arctic and alpine tundra meadows up to 1,800 m (6,000 feet). Interest: The plant has a single, terminal, blue to purple flower with four or fice lobes. It has 3 to 4 pairs of ovate leaves on each branched stem. The plat is prostrate in form. It is amphi-Beringian is distribution. This flower is reported to open only on sunny days.
Location: Monument Hill, Keno, Yukon. |
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Fyon
Sudbury, Ontario
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