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King's Scepter Gentian
Gentiana sceptrum
  
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About King's Scepter Gentian (Gentiana sceptrum) 0 Nurseries Carry This Plant Gentiana sceptrum is a species of gentian known by the common name king's scepter gentian. It is native to the west coast of North America from British Columbia to northern California. It grows in wet areas in the hills and mountains, such as flooded meadows and bogs. This is a perennial herb with stems growing along the ground or erect and approaching a meter in height. The stems are leafy, with each oval-shaped leaf several centimeters long and about half as wide. Flowers are solitary or clustered in flower clusters of several. Each flower is four to five centimeters long and two or three wide at the mouth when open. The corolla is dark blue to purple with pointed lobes. The fruit is a capsule containing seeds with small wings.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Plant Type
Perennial herb

Size
Size
3.3 ft tall

Landscaping Information
Sun
Sun
Full Sun

Propagation
Propagation?
For propagating by seed: 3 mos. stratification.

Sunset Zones
Sunset Zones?
4*, 5*, 6*, 15, 16, 17

Natural Setting
Site Type
Site Type
Wet places

Climate
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 9.4" - 115.0", Summer Precipitation: 0.18" - 3.43", Coldest Month: 30.4" - 56.5", Hottest Month: 55.3" - 71.4", Humidity: 0.01" - 16.90", Elevation: 3" - 6844"


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Sources include: Wikipedia. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the California Consortia of Herbaria, Sunset information provided by Jepson Flora Project. Propogation from seed information provided by the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include CalPhotos, Wikimedia Commons, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include Calflora, CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online, Jepson Flora Project, Las Pilitas, Theodore Payne, Tree of Life, The Xerces Society, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.

Links:   Jepson eFlora Taxon Page  CalPhotos  Wikipedia  Calflora


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