Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Gentiana microdonta Franch. sect. Frigidae |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2600-4200m |
Description | leaves narrowly elliptic to oblong, 25-35mm, obtuse, 1-3-veined, stem leaves 3-4-pairs, oblong to oblanceolate, flowers in narrow panicle, corolla narrowly infundibuliform |
Size | 25-35cm |
Color | dark blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | cold, semi-shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed 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) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | GENTIANACEAE
microdonta omeiensis (T.N.Ho) Halda, Acta Mus. Rychnov., Sect. Nat. 3(1): 23 (1995)
microdonta phyllopoda (H.Lév.) Halda, ibid.
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