| Family | GENTIANACEAE |
| Genus species | Gentiana grandiflora Laxm. sect. Chondrophyllae |
| Synonyms | Gentiana altaica Laxm. |
| Gentiana longiflora Lam. | |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | alpine |
| Description | stems densely leafy, leaves oblong to linear, the upper imbricate, 20-25mm long, flowers solitary, infundibuliform, long, lobes orbiculate |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | dark blue |
| Bloom | early summer |
| Ca | - |
| Type | tuft |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| 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 ) Middle Asia (Kazakhstan ) Mongolia |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | GENTIANACEAE
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