Fringed Gentian - Gentianopsis crinita - is listed on the Ohio Department of Natural Resourse Rare Native Plant list (2010-2011) as potentially threatened.
Nodding Onion Garden's Gentiana crinita
Cultivation Information
Gentiana crinita
Pronounced - gen-tee-ANN-ah
Height -1 to 3 feet
Flower Color - blue Blooms - Fall Sun - Sun to part sun
Zone - 3 to 8 ( biennial)
Soil - moist
pH - 5.5 to 7.0
Famiy - Gentianaceae
The treasured Gentiana crinita
Wildlife Significance Fringed Gentian
Nectar Source -Long -tongued bees
Fringed Gentian
Thou waitest late, and comest alone When woods are bare and birds have flown, And frost and shortening days portend The aged year is at end....
William Cullen Bryant
Fringed Gentian
Fringed Gentian stays closed on cloudy days and opens when the sun shines.
