Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Gentiana wardii W.W.Sm. sect. Isomeria |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3000-4900m |
Description | leaves crowded, spathulate to obovate, 4-11mm, flowers solitary, campanulate, 10-35mm long, lobes broadly ovate |
Size | 3-5cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | carpet |
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 summer |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
China (China South-Central , Tibet ) Asia-Tropical Indo-China (Myanmar) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | GENTIANACEAE
wardii emergens (C.Marquand) T.N.Ho, Novon 4(4): 372 (1994)
wardii micrantha C.Marquand, Bull. Misc. Inform.Kew 1937: 187 (1937)
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