Northern Gentian
Gentianella amarella
Pollinator plant

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Growing it
| When | Flowers July to September |
|---|---|
| Type | wildflower |
| Sun | Full sun, partial shade |
| Water | Medium, high |
| Soil | pH 6.5–8 |
| Hardiness | zone 2–7 |
| Mature height | 0.3 m |
| Mature spread | 0.3 m |
| Spacing | 0.2 m |
| Years to maturity | 2 |
| Bloom | Jul–Sep |
| Flower colour | Purple Blue Yellow White read from a published flora |
| In bloom | July August September |
| Native to | AB, SK |
lance-shaped leaves about 3 cm long in opposite pairs
Where it has been recorded
Which ecoregions the records fall in
- Eastern Continental Ranges central AB: 221 records, high confidence
- Northern Continental Divide south AB: 201 records, high confidence
- Western Alberta Upland central AB: 120 records, high confidence
- Aspen Parkland central AB / SK: 63 records, high confidence
- Mid-Boreal Uplands central AB / SK: 61 records, high confidence
- Boreal Transition central AB / SK: 42 records, high confidence
- Cypress Upland south AB / SK: 13 records, medium confidence
- Moist Mixed Grassland south AB / SK: 12 records, medium confidence
- Peace Lowland north AB: 10 records, medium confidence
- Fescue Grassland south AB: 7 records, low confidence
- Mixed Grassland south AB / SK: 7 records, low confidence
- Slave River Lowland north AB: 5 records, low confidence
- Wabasca Lowland north AB: 5 records, low confidence
These are counts of records collected somewhere in the region, which is the resolution of the evidence: the map above shows where inside it. A region with 3 records is not the same claim as one with three hundred, so the count travels with the region. A region missing from this list means nobody has recorded it there, which is not the same as the plant being absent. Records within 900 m of a border count for neither side, because the border is not drawn finely enough to say which one they are on. Source: GBIF occurrence search + PRESERVED_SPECIMEN pass, retrieved 2026-08-24. Boundaries digitised from the National Ecological Framework for Canada v2.2 (Ecological Stratification Working Group 1995), simplified to about 900 m for display: an outline is accurate to roughly a kilometre, not to the metre. How these counts are made.
See every observation, live and current, on GBIF or iNaturalist.
Documented animals
11 documented relationships.
nectar for
- Black-shouldered Drone Fly Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Central Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
- Colias palaeno Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Golden Northern Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
- Gray Hairstreak Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Large Bee Fly Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Nevada Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
- Sitka Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
- Spotted Cucumber Beetle Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Two-ranked Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
- Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
Also worth knowing
Safety
Toxicity not assessed, absence of a warning is not a guarantee of safety
Buying it
About $18–$40 per plant (estimate), hard to find in the trade. Estimate (specialist / rare); AB retail as of 2026
Where these numbers came from
- Flower detail: not verified, a genus-level estimate