Swertia perennis

Felwort

Species group: Plants

Found in: Plants and lichens of Puget Trough

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Classification

Kingdom:

Plantae

Phylum:

Anthophyta

Class:

Dicotyledoneae

Order:

Gentianales

Family:

Gentianaceae

Genus:

Swertia

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Distribution

Localities documented in Tropicos sources

Swertia perennis L.:
United States (North America)
China (Asia)

Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.

References:

Baltisberger, M. 1991. IOPB chromosome data 3. Int. Organ. Pl. Biosyst. Newslett. (Zurich) 17: 5–7.
Hickman, J. C. 1993. Jepson Man.: Higher Pl. Calif. i–xvii, 1–1400. University of California Press, Berkeley.
Munz, P. A. & D. D. Keck. 1959. Cal. Fl. 1–1681. University of California Press, Berkeley.
Cronquist, A. J., A. H. Holmgren, N. H. Holmgren, J. L. Reveal & P. K. Holmgren. 1984. Vascular Plants of the Intermountain West, U.S.A. 4: 1–573. In A. J. Cronquist, A. H. Holmgren, N. H. Holmgren, J. L. Reveal & P. K. Holmgren (eds.) Intermount. Fl. Hafner Pub. Co., New York.
Flora of China Editorial Committee. 1995. Fl. China 16: 1–479. Science Press & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing & St. Louis.

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Distribution

Jilin [SW Asia, Europe, North America].

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National Distribution

Canada

Origin: Native

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Present

Confidence: Confident

Type of Residency: Year-round

United States

Origin: Unknown/Undetermined

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Unknown/Undetermined

Confidence: Confident

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Perennials 60-100 cm tall. Rhizomes blackish, short, with few slightly fleshy rootlets. Stems erect, striate, simple, base sheathed by blackish remains of old petioles. Basal and lower stem leaves alternate; petiole flattened, 8-17 cm; leaf blade oblong to elliptic, 6-13 × 3.5-5.5 cm, base narrowed, apex obtuse, veins 3-5. Middle to upper stem leaves opposite; petiole short, connate, sheathing stem; leaf blade oblong, 5-8 × 2-3 cm, base narrowed, apex obtuse, veins 1-3. Inflorescences dense, many-flowered thyrses. Flowers 5merous. Pedicel 2-3.5 cm. Calyx lobes narrowly lanceolate, 8-10 mm, apex acuminate, veins 3-5. Corolla pale purple to blue-purple, 1.5-2 cm in diam., tube 1.5-2 mm; lobes narrowly ovate-oblong, 1.3-1.6 cm, apex obtuse. Nectaries 2 per corolla lobe, cupular, long fimbriate. Filaments 6-8 mm, base fimbriate-barbate; anthers blue, ellipsoid, 1.5-2 mm. Style indistinct; stigma lobes suborbicular. Capsules ovoid, as long as persistent corolla. Seeds light brown, compressed, suborbicular, 1.5-2 mm in diam., discoid winged. Fl. and fr. Sep.

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Diagnostic Description

Synonym

Swertia manshurica (Komarov) Kitagawa; S. perennis var. manshurica Komarov.

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Habitat

Shady slopes, meadows; ca. 300 m.

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Molecular Biology

Barcode data: Swertia perennis

The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.

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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Swertia perennis

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 2
Specimens with Barcodes: 4
Species With Barcodes: 1

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Conservation Status

NatureServe Conservation Status

Rounded Global Status Rank: G5 - Secure

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National NatureServe Conservation Status

Canada

Rounded National Status Rank: N3 - Vulnerable

United States

Rounded National Status Rank: NNR - Unranked

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Classification

Other Global Common Names:

felwort

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Taxonomy:

Informal Taxonomy:

Plants, Vascular - Flowering Plants - Gentian Family

Formal Taxonomy:

Plantae - Anthophyta - Dicotyledoneae - Gentianales - Gentianaceae - Swertia

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Global Status Last Reviewed:

1990-01-16

Global Status Last Changed:

1990-01-16

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Swertia perennis

Felwort

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Felwort

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United States

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Molecular Biology

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