| Family | GENTIANACEAE |
| Genus species | Halenia weddeliana Gilg |
| Bibliography | Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 118: 118 (1916) |
| Native Range | Colombia to w. Bolivia |
| Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 1000-4500m |
| Description | basal leaves spathulate or oblong, tapered to petiole, ca. 3cm long, stem leaves oblong, acute, 3-nerved, flowers numerous in capitate cyme, corolla ca. 1cm |
| Size | 15-25cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| 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 cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Halenia antigonorrhoica Gilg Halenia hoppii Reimers Halenia hypericoides (Kunth) Griseb. Halenia meyeri-johannis Gilg Halenia phyllophora C.K.Allen Swertia hypericoides Kunth Tetragonanthus hypericoides (Kunth) Kuntze |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, CLM Colombia, ECU Ecuador, PER Peru) |