Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Gentianella weberbaueri (Gilg) Fabris |
Synonyms | Gentiana weberbaueri Gilg |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3900-4900m |
Description | basal leaves shiny, linear, coriaceous, 10-14cm long, inflorescence multiple, cymose, up to 100-flowered, flowers 35-40mm long, thinly pedicellate |
Size | 40-60cm |
Color | brownish red, red |
Bloom | autumn |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
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 division in spring; 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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