Gentian (Native)
Gentiana puberulenta
About Gentian (Native)
Gentian (Native) (Gentiana puberulenta) is a herb used in the Indigenous / Native American tradition to help with Digestive Issues, Liver Support, Fever, and Gut Health. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, taken internally.
Botanical background
Gentiana puberulenta, the downy gentian, is a branchless perennial plant of the Gentianaceae family native to North America. It is about ¾–1½' tall, with bright blue to deep blue-violet bell-shaped, upright, five-lobed flowers measuring 1½ to 2¼ inches across when fully open. Flowers grow in clusters of 1-8 at the apex of the plant. Lanceolate, sessile, glossy leaves up to 3" long and 1¼" across are arranged oppositely along the central stem, except at the apex...
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist