Gentianaceae FAMILY
Gentianella quinquefolia
Gentianella quinquefolia
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Gentianella quinquefolia is a Annual/Biennial up to 0.60 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine..
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeEastern N. America - southern Ontario to Tennessee and Florida.
HabitatRich woods and moist fields[ 222 Title A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants. Eastern and Central N. America. Publication Author Foster. S. & Duke. J. A. Publisher Houghton Mifflin Co. Year 1990 ISBN 0395467225 Description A concise book dealing with almost 500 species. A line drawing of each plant is included plus colour photographs of about 100 species. Very good as a field guide, it only gives brief details about the plants medicinal properties. ].