Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Kuepferia decorata (Diels) Adr.Favre |
Bibliography | Taxon 63: 251 (2014) |
Native Range | sc. China to se. Tibet and ne. Myanmar |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3200-4600m |
Description | mainly stem leaves, spathulate to ovate, 3-8mm, 1-3-veined, flowers terminal, solitary, tubular to tubular-campanulate, 15-20mm long, lobes elliptic |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | dark blue, bluish purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous 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 | Gentiana decorata Diels |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |