Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Comastoma cyananthiflorum (Franch.) Holub |
Synonyms | Gentiana cyananthiflora Franch. |
Gentianella maclarenii Harry Sm. | |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3000-4900m |
Description | basal leaves petiolate, 15-28mm, spathulate to ovate, obtuse or acute, flowers terminal, solitary, crateriform, 14-25mm long, lobes oblong, 6-10mm long |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | late summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft, fl. stem ascending |
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
China (China South-Central , Qinghai , Tibet) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | GENTIANACEAE
cyananthiflorum acutifolium T.N.Ho, Acta Biol. Plateau Sin. 1: 37 (1982)
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