| Family | GENTIANACEAE |
| Genus species | Halenia major Wedd. |
| Synonyms | Halenia karstenii Gilg |
| Halenia macrantha Gilg | |
| Halenia stellarioides Gilg | |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Description | lower leaves oblanceolate, long petiolate, 6-7cm long, stem leaves patent, lanceolate, ca. 3cm long, flowers 3, pedicellate, 15mm long, with long spur, in cyme |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | |
| Bloom | summer, autumn |
| Ca | |
| Type | tuft |
| 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 |
Southern America
Northern South America Western South America (Colombia) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | GENTIANACEAE
major meridensis K.B.Hagen, Organismus Diversity Evol. 7(1): 6 (2007)
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