Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Gentiana urnula Harry Sm. sect. Isomeria |
Habitat | grassland and scree |
Altitude | 3900-6100m |
Description | stem leaves imbricate, petiolate, flabellate, 7-17mm, margin cartilaginous, truncate and emarginate, flowers 1-3, blue variegate, urceolate, 2-3cm, lobes broadly ovate |
Size | 4-6cm |
Color | pale bluish purple |
Bloom | late summer |
Ca | |
Type | carpet |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
China (Qinghai , Tibet ) Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent (East Himalaya , Nepal) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | GENTIANACEAE
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