View source for Gentiana nivalis

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|accepted_name=Gentiana nivalis
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 229. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Snow gentian;gentiane des neiges;sne-ensian
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Gentianaceae;Gentiana;Gentiana nivalis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Gentianaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Gentiana]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Gentiana nivalis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 14
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs </b>annual, 0.1–1.5(–3) dm, glabrous, not rhizomatous. <b>Stems</b> 1–10, ascending to erect, simple or few-branched. <b>Leaves</b> basal and cauline; cauline ± evenly spaced; basal blades elliptic to obovate, 0.5–1.2 cm × 2–8 mm, apex obtuse; cauline blades ovate to lanceolate, 0.3–1.2 cm × 2–6 mm, apex obtuse to acute. <b>Inflorescences</b> solitary flowers at ends of main axis and branches and in axils, branches of largest plants thus forming cymes. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx (8–)11–16 mm, lobes linear-lanceolate, 2–6 mm, margins not ciliate; corolla deep blue or occasionally white, salverform, open, (11–)17–25 mm, lobes spreading, ovate-elliptic, 3–6 mm, plicae small, ± triangular, distally bifid; anthers distinct. <b>Seeds</b> not winged. <b>2n</b> = 14 (Iceland, Europe).</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering summer.
|habitat=Meadows, exposed, rocky slopes.
|elevation=0–700 m.
|distribution=Greenland;Nfld. and Labr. (Labr.);Que.;Eurasia;Atlantic Islands (Iceland).
|discussion=<p>Gentiana nivalis is found in arctic and alpine regions of Europe and western Asia.</p>
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name=Gentiana nivalis
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Gentianaceae
|phenology=Flowering summer.
|habitat=Meadows, exposed, rocky slopes.
|elevation=0–700 m.
|distribution=Greenland;Nfld. and Labr. (Labr.);Que.;Eurasia;Atlantic Islands (Iceland).
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=
|source xml=
|genus=Gentiana
|species=Gentiana nivalis
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