Deers Ears are a member of the Gentian
Family. The
plant grows to 6 feet in height and has light green, lance shaped leaves that grow
in whorls along the plant's stem to 12 inches in length at the base,
becoming smaller further up the stem. The plant
typically grows in open pine forests and aspen-conifer forests at elevations between
5000 - 10000 feet.

Deers Ears are also known as
Swertia, Green Gentian, Elkweed and Monument Plant.

Deers Ears bloom between May - August and produces
greenish-white flower with purple spots with four petals to 1.5 inches
in width in an elongated cluster at the top of the plant.