Comastoma tenellum Calflora

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Taxon Report

Comastoma tenellum (Rottb.) Toyok.

Dane's dwarf gentian

2009 Steve Matson

2011 Ron Wolf

Comastoma tenellum is an annual herb that is native to California.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~59 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Genus:	Comastoma
Family:	Gentianaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Wetlands: Occurs usually in wetlands, occasionally in non wetlands

Habitat: meadows

Communities: Subalpine Forest, Bristle-cone Pine Forest, Alpine Fell-fields, wetland-riparian

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF

Alternate Names:


JEF	Comastoma tenellum var. tenellum
JEF	Gentiana tenella
JEF	Gentianella tenella ssp. tenella
JEF	Gentianella tenella var. tenella
JEF	Gentianella tenella
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Information about Comastoma tenellum from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (GETET) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
[burkeherbarium.org] Range, Habitat, Conservation Status, Self-pollinating: Distribution: Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Okanogan County in Washington; Alaska to California, east to the northern Rocky Mountains; circumboreal. Habitat: Alpine areas, typically where moist. Flowers: June-August Conservation Status: Threatened in Washington (WANHP) Pollination: Self-pollination (link added by Mary Ann Machi) photos / record / common / links mu9420:!mu9420:!mu9420:!mu9420:!null:!

Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 11/21/2024).