Greater Fringed Gentian is one of the most beautiful wildflowers in North America, with deeply fringed, brilliant blue petals that close at night and in cloudy weather. It grows in moist, calcareous meadows and stream banks in the northeastern United States and Great Lakes region. As a biennial, populations can vary dramatically from year to year.
Habitat
Moist calcareous meadows, stream banks, and lake shores in northeastern North America
Diet
Nectar for bumblebees and native bees
How common
Uncommon
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