Blue wildflower ??

[sprucebunny]

Found this flower growing in a wet area. It's not in the one wild flower book I have. It has been just like this for a week now. Do you think it will ever open ??? Does anyone know what it is ??? Thanks ;D

[Tom]

 It looks lika a Gentian. 

[sprucebunny]

Tom- There are 2 gentians in the Audobon FG to New England.
The first one has single flower per stalk and the other is pink. But the leaves are similar ...

[Tom]

Putting "Blue Gentian" in Google provides a lot of articles.    One even says that some of the Gentians are called Bottle Gentians because the flowers don't open.   Try clicking on the "image" function of Google for a search too. 

[sprucebunny]

Thanks, Tom. I hadn't thought of that  :

One of the sites said the closed variety was a little rare.
I'm going to go back and see if I can find thier range
;D

[Shotgun]

Sprucebunny,

Check out Closed Gentian (Gentiana andrewsii). It's petals stay closed, joined by a membrane. Bet that's the one.

Norm

[SwampDonkey]

Nice looking plant. I don't beleive I've ever seen one in this kneck of the woods. You just never know what you'll find near wetlands. 

[sprucebunny]

I haven't been near my computer to find out more about it but I got to wondering how it was pollinated ???

I dissected one today and , yes, there is membrane all around ;D

[SwampDonkey]

Hey! I found a white one today, actually all kinds of them. They are in channels of run off in pre-commercial thinning I'm marking out. There seems to be alot of sawflies eating them though. I brought one home, but it's essntially the same as Sprucebunny's. Right now I'm so tired I need toothpicks to hold the eye-lids open. :D