Gentiana alba or Gentiana flavida (yellow gentian) [Gentianaceae, Gentian Family]
Gentiana andrewsii (closed or bottle gentian) [Gentianaceae, Gentian Family]
- habit of plant in flower; cultivated, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
- inflorescence; Braidwood Dunes and Savanna Nature Preserve, Will County, Illinois
- corolla split open; in this species the corolla lobes are flat across the top and shorter than the appendages (plaits) between them [contrast with Gentiana saponaria]; west of Easton, Mason County, Illinois
- seeds
- Click here for a distribution map in Illinois from the Illinois Plant Information Network
Gentiana or Gentianopsis crinata (fringed gentian) [Gentianaceae, Gentian Family]
- habitat of plants; Zanders Woods / Thornton-Lansing Road Nature Preserve, Cook County, Illinois
- habit of plant in flower; Illinois Beach State Park, Lake County, Illinois
- inflorescence; Zanders Woods / Thornton-Lansing Road Nature Preserve, Cook County, Illinois
- flower with bumblebee; Illinois Beach State Park, Lake County, Illinois
- another flower; Zanders Woods / Thornton-Lansing Road Nature Preserve, Cook County, Illinois
- Click here for a distribution map in Illinois from the Illinois Plant Information Network
Gentiana procera or Gentianopsis procera (small fringed gentian) [Gentianaceae, Gentian Family]
- group of plants; Bluff Springs Fen Nature Preserve, Cook County, Illinois
- habit of plants in flower; same locality
- habit of plants in floating sedge mat at Mud Lake, Chain-0-Lakes State Park, McHenry County, Illinois
- flower, Lake-in-the-Hills Fen Nature Preserve, McHenry County, Illinois
- flower, McHenry County, Illinois, possible Bates Fen Nature Preserve
- plant in fruit, Mud Lake, Chain-0-Lakes State Park, McHenry County, Illinois
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Gentiana puberulenta (downy gentian) [Gentianaceae, Gentian Family]
- habit of plant in flower; Prospect Cemetery Prairie Nature Preserve, Ford County, Illinois
- inflorescence; same locality
- another inflorescence; sorry I can't help it, these plants are gorgeous! Weston Cemetery Prairie Nature Preserve, McLean County, Illinois
- an inflorescence late in the year, when plants have autumn colors; same locality
- macro of inflorescence
- macro of flower in longitudinal section, except the ovary is intact; Prospect Cemetery Prairie Nature Preserve, Ford County, Illinois
- same as the previous, but also with the ovary in longitudinal section; note the countless tiny ovules
- plant in fruit; Weston Cemetery Prairie Nature Preserve, McLean County, Illinois
- dry fruits; units on ruler = 1 mm
- dry fruits, the one on the right has had part of the persistent sepals removed to show the whole fruit; units on ruler = 1 mm
- seeds; units on ruler = 1 mm
- seeds, closer; units on ruler = 1 mm
- Click here for a distribution map in Illinois from the Illinois Plant Information Network
Gentiana or Gentianella quinquefolia (stiff gentian) [Gentianaceae, Gentian Family]
Gentiana saponaria (soapwort bottle gentian) [Gentianaceae, Gentian Family] — in Illinois, this plant is much less common than Gentiana andrewsii and is found mostly in moist sand savannas
- habit of plant in flower; south of Bonnie's Prairie Nature Preserve, Iroquois County, Illinois
- inflorescences; Braidwood Dunes and Savanna Nature Preserve, Will County, Illinois
- macro of inflorescence; south of Bonnie's Prairie Nature Preserve, Iroquois County, Illinois
- corolla split open; note that the corolla lobes are rounded and equal or exceed the length of the appendages (plaits) between them [contrast with Gentiana andrewsil] South of Bonnie's Prairie Nature Preserve, Iroquois County, Illinois
- Click here for a distribution map in Illinois from the Illinois Plant Information Network
Geranium maculatum (wild geranium) [Geraniaceae, Geranium Family] — not a prairie plant, but a spring woodland wildflower, sometimes also found in savannas
Geum canadense (white or wood avens) [Rosaceae, Rose Family] — a woodland rather than a prairie plant — compare the fruits of this species with those of Geum triflorum. In G. canadense the achese has a persistent style that is hooked in order to attach itself to the fur of passing animals (or the pants legs of hikers!).
Geum triflorum (prairie smoke) [Rosaceae, Rose Family]
- habit of plant in flower; cultivated in my yard, Champaign, Illinois
- another plant in flower; Freeport Prairie Nature Preserve, Stephenson County, Illinois
- one more plant in flower; cultivated at Garden-in-the-Woods, North Framingham, Massachusetts
- plant in flower; Savanna Army Depot /Lost Mound area, Jo Daviess County, Illinois — note pedicels of older flowers bending upward as fruits start to develop
- plants in flower with fruit forming; Freeport Prairie Nature Preserve, Stephenson County, Illinois
- macro of flower
- macro of flower in longitudinal section; — flowers on plant nod downward, but this image is rotated so the flower is "upright" to make interpretation easier
- plants in fruit; Freeport Prairie Nature Preserve, Stephenson County, Illinois — the styles elongate and are feathery, giving the appearance of smoke; each cluster comes from a single flower
- macro of bases of styles and achenes; units on ruler = 1 mm. From herbarium specimen, E. W. Fell 45251 (ILLS), Winnebago County, Illinois
- Click here for a distribution map in Illinois from the Illinois Plant Information Network
Glandularia canadensis or Verbena canadensis (rose verbena) [Verbenaceae, Vervain Family]
Gnaphalium or Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium (sweet everlasting or old-field balsam) [Asteraceae or Compositae, Sunflower Family]
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