- Type:
- Herb
- Light Exposure:
- Full Sun, Partial Sun
- Soil Moisture:
- Dry, Medium
- Height:
- 2 to 3 feet
- Project:
- Raingarden, Shoreline Buffer
- Bloom Color:
- White
- Bloom Months:
- September, October
- Flooding / Inundation Tolerance:
- Moderate
- Salt Tolerance:
- Medium
- Stress Tolerance:
- Alkaline Conditions
- Herbivore Sensitivity:
- Low
- Behavior (Rate of Spread):
- 1
- Pollinator Value:
- Medium
- Benefit to Pollinators:
- Adult Food
- Pollinators:
- Bombus
- Counties:
- Anoka, Blue Earth, Dakota, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Hennepin, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Pine, Ramsey, Rice, SCottonwood, Stearns, Steele, Wabasha, Waseca, Washington, Winona
Notes/Description:
Cream Gentian are mainly pollinated by bumblebees because they are the only insects strong enough to force open its closed flowers. The first of native Gentian species to bloom in late summer, Cream Gentian is a slow-growing but long-lived perennial.