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Swertia obtusa Ledeb.  
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FamilyGENTIANACEAE
Genus speciesSwertia obtusa Ledeb. 
SynonymsSwertia baicalensis Popov ex Pissjauk.
Habitatgrassland
Altitudesubalpine
Descriptionbasal leaves suborbiculate, stem leaves alternate, lanceolate, flowers in terminal dense head, petals lanceolate, acuminate
Size10-40cm
Colorviolet
Bloomlate summer
Ca
Typetuft
Cultivationmesic, slightly humous, sunny site
alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun
Propagationseed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C
division in spring; cuttings in late summer
Territory Asia-Temperate
     Siberia (Altay , Buryatiya , Chita , Irkutsk , Krasnoyarsk , Tuva , West Siberia , Yakutskiya )
     Russian Far East (Amur , Kamchatka , Khabarovsk , Sakhalin )
     Middle Asia (Kazakhstan )
     China (Xinjiang )
     Mongolia
BibliographyPlants of the World online powo.science.kew.org
International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org
Comments

GENTIANACEAE

Swertia obtusa Ledeb., Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Pétersbourg Hist. Acad. 5: 526 (1815)

Synonyms:
Swertia perennis obtusa (Ledeb.) Griseb.

Swertia baicalensis Popov ex Pissjauk.
Swertia perennis stenopetala (Regel & Tiling) Vorosch.

Siberia, Russian Far East, Kazakhstan, Xinjiang, Mongolia
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