List of Gentianales of Montana
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There are at least 28 members of the dogbane, gentian and milkweed order, Gentianales, found in Montana.[1] Some of these species are exotics (not native to Montana)[2] and some species have been designated as Species of Concern.[3]
Dogbanes
Family: Apocynaceae
- Apocynum androsaemifolium, spreading dogbane
- Apocynum cannabinum, clasping-leaf dogbane
Gentians
Family: Gentianaceae
- Eustoma grandiflorum, showy prairie-gentian
- Frasera albicaulis, white-stem frasera
- Frasera speciosa, green gentian
- Gentiana affinis, prairie gentian
- Gentiana algida, whitish gentian
- Gentiana calycosa, explorer's gentian
- Gentiana fremontii, moss gentian
- Gentiana glauca, glaucous gentian
- Gentiana prostrata, pygmy gentian
- Gentianella amarella, northern gentian
- Gentianella propinqua, four-parted gentian
- Gentianella tenella, slender gentian
- Gentianopsis macounii, Macoun's gentian
- Gentianopsis simplex, hiker's gentian
- Gentianopsis thermalis, Rocky Mountain fringed gentian
- Halenia deflexa, spurred gentian
- Lomatogonium rotatum, marsh felwort
- Swertia perennis, felwort
- Zeltnera exaltata, western centaury
Milkweeds
Family: Asclepiadaceae
- Asclepias incarnata, swamp milkweed
- Asclepias ovalifolia, ovalleaf milkweed
- Asclepias pumila, low milkweed
- Asclepias speciosa, showy milkweed
- Asclepias stenophylla, narrowleaf milkweed
- Asclepias verticillata, whorled milkweed
- Asclepias viridiflora, green milkweed
Further reading
- Schiemann, Donald Anthony (2005). Wildflowers of Montana. Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Publishing. ISBN 0-87842-504-7.