| Family | GENTIANACEAE |
| Genus species | Gentiana cruciata L. sect. Cruciata |
| Synonyms | Gentiana fibriscincta Schur |
| Gentiana lasiopoda Schur | |
| Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 100-2000m |
| Description | densely leafy, leaves cruciate, oval-lanceolate, shiny green, flowers outside greenish, 20-25mm long, erect, with 4 lobes, in compact, axillary fascicles |
| Size | 15-40cm |
| Color | blue |
| Bloom | late summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | tuft |
| Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
| Territory |
Europe
Northern Europe Middle Europe (Austria , Belgium , Czechoslovakia , Germany , Hungary , Netherlands , Poland , Switzerland ) Southwestern Europe (France , Spain ) Southeastern Europe (Albania , Bulgaria , Greece , Italy , Romania , Yugoslavia ) Eastern Europe (Belarus , Baltic States , Krym , Central European Russia , East European Russia , North European Russia , South European Russia , Northwest European Russia , Ukraine ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (West Siberia ) Middle Asia (Kazakhstan ) Caucasus (North Caucasus , Transcaucasus ) Western Asia (Iran , Turkey) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | GENTIANACEAE
cruciata phlogifolia (Schott & Kotschy) Tutin, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 64(4): 378 (1971)
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