Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Gentianella cerastioides (Kunth) Fabris |
Synonyms | Gentiana cerastioides Kunth |
Gentiana cistiflora Willd. ex Schult. | |
Gentiana rupicola Benth. | |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3100-4500m |
Description | leaves rather carnose, oblong-spathulate to linear, obtuse, 5-15mm long, dense, flowers usually solitary, broadly infundibuliform to crateriform, with short tube |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | pale bluish violet |
Bloom | autumn |
Ca | |
Type | carpet |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C division in spring; cuttings in late spring |
Territory |
Southern America
Western South America (Colombia , Ecuador) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | GENTIANACEAE
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