Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Gentiana chinensis Kusn. sect. Isomeria |
Bibliography | Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, sér. 4, 35: 250 (1894) |
Native Range | sc. China |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 2400-4500m |
Description | leaves petiolate, ovate-elliptic to ovate-orbiculate, 6-15mm, ciliate, obtuse, 1-veined, flowers 1-5, tubular, 30-35mm long, lobes ovate or triangular, acute |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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 summer |
Synonyms | Gentianodes chinensis (Kusn.) Á.Löve & D.Löve |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central) |