Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Gentianella corymbosa (Kunth) Weaver & Rüdenberg |
Synonyms | Gentiana corymbosa Kunth |
Gentiana cocuyana Cuatrec. | |
Gentiana congesta Willd. ex Schult. | |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3000-4200m |
Description | basal leaves linear-spathulate, sessile, obtuse, uninerved, the upper lanceolate, flowers pedicellate, erect, calyx lobes linear, acute, corolla lobes 5, obovate-oblong |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | violet, blue |
Bloom | 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 spring |
Territory |
Southern America
Northern South America (Venezuela ) Western South America (Colombia) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | GENTIANACEAE
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