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FamilyGENTIANACEAE
Genus speciesSwertia calicina Franch. 
Habitatgrassland
Altitude2600-4000m
Descriptionbasal leaves petiolate, revolute, linear-oblong, 35-70mm long, stem leaves alternate, sessile, ovate, inflorescence racemose, 5-9-flowered, corolla pentamerous, 15mm across
Size10-30cm
Colorpale yellow
Bloomlate summer
Ca
Typetuft
Cultivationhumous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site
alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C
division in spring; cuttings in late summer
Territory Asia-Temperate
     China (China South-Central)
BibliographyPlants of the World online powo.science.kew.org
International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org
Comments

GENTIANACEAE

Swertia calicina Franch., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 46: 311 (1900)

sc. China
36 CHC

2600-4000m

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