Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Gentianella crassulifolia (Griseb.) Fabris |
Synonyms | Gentiana crassulifolia Griseb. |
Gentiana lehmannii Gilg | |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 3000-3800m |
Description | leaves lanceolate or elliptic, hirsute, margins scabrous, flowers 8-12 in dense corymb, corolla 12-15mm, pentamerous, lobes suborbiculate |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | yellow |
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
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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