Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Swertia obtusa Ledeb. |
Synonyms | Swertia baicalensis Popov ex Pissjauk. |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | subalpine |
Description | basal leaves suborbiculate, stem leaves alternate, lanceolate, flowers in terminal dense head, petals lanceolate, acuminate |
Size | 10-40cm |
Color | violet |
Bloom | late summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed 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 |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | GENTIANACEAE
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