Photos by Carla Wells
Fringed Gentian is a biennial, native wildflower in Wisconsin. It grows one to three feet tall. It has deep violet blue flowers that are two inches long and come one per stalk. The flower has blue-tipped green sepals surrounding four elongated petals, forming a flower tube. Each petal is frayed on the end. It has lance-shaped, toothless leaves that are one to two inches long. Fringed Gentian grows in moist prairies, meadows, and along streams. (SF)