Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Gentiana phyllocalyx C.B.Clarke sect. Phyllocalyx |
Bibliography | Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 4: 116 (1883) |
Native Range | sc. China to se. Tibet and e. & c. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3000-5500m |
Description | leaves basally crowded, stem leaves 3-5 pairs, obovate, 6-26mm, flowers terminal, solitary, broadly tubular, 30-47mm long, lobes broadly ovate |
Size | 3-12cm |
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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) |