Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Gentianella petrophila (Gilg) Zarucchi |
Bibliography | Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45: 1256 (1993) |
Native Range | Peru (Junín) |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 3500-4000m |
Description | basal leaves narrowly oblanceolate or sublinear, acute, 10-15mm, stem leaves remote, opposite, lanceolate, flowers usually 2-3, calyx obconical, corolla 16mm |
Size | 3-7cm |
Color | white |
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 spring |
Synonyms | Gentiana petrophila Gilg |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (PER Peru) |