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Wildflowers - Downy Gentian
 
Downy Gentian, Prairie Gentian - Gentiana puberulenta
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Downy Gentian, Prairie Gentian - Gentiana puberulenta
 
Downy Gentian is a wildflower of the true prairie.  When found, it is an indication that the area has not be distrubed and has not be grazed.
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Lewis and Clark, while on their journey up the Missouri River in 1804, noted that this "wild dog of the prairie...appears here in infinite numbers."
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