Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Gentianella calanchoides (Gilg) Fabris |
Synonyms | Gentiana calanchoides Gilg |
Gentiana filamentosa (D.Don) Griseb. | |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 4000-4500m |
Description | leaves dense, narrowly lanceolate or ligulate, acute or acuminate, cartilagineous, the basal 6-7cm, flowers in 3-flowered cymes producing corymb, corolla 2cm |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | green-white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | rosette, 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 cuttings in late spring |
Territory |
Southern America
Western South America (Peru) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | GENTIANACEAE
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