Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Gentianella rupicola (Kunth) Holub |
Synonyms | Gentiana rupicola Kunth |
Gentiana campanuloides Willd. ex Schult. | |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3500-4500m |
Description | leaves oblong or spathulate, obtuse, flowers solitary, pedicellate, calyx campanulate, corolla inside densely barbate, deeply 5-parted, 2-3cm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | yellow, rose, blue |
Bloom | summer |
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 (Ecuador) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | GENTIANACEAE
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