Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Gentiana glauca Pall. sect. Isomeria |
Synonyms | Gentiana caespitosa Graham |
Habitat | tundra |
Altitude | arctic-alpine |
Description | leaves obovate, 1-2cm long, green-blue, stem leaves 2-4 pairs, smaller, connate, flowers 3-7, densely crowded, 1-2cm long, petals erect, lobes broadly triangular |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | dark blue |
Bloom | summer, autumn |
Ca | |
Type | rosette, cushion |
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 summer |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Siberia (Chita , Yakutskiya ) Russian Far East (Amur , Kamchatka , Khabarovsk , Kuril Is. , Magadan , Sakhalin ) Eastern Asia (Japan ) Northern America Subarctic America (Alaska , Yukon ) Western Canada (Alberta , British Columbia) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | GENTIANACEAE
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