Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Halenia elata Wedd. |
Bibliography | Chlor. Andina 2: 78 (1859) |
Native Range | Colombia |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Description | basal leaves thinly petiolate, linear-lanceolate, acute, stem leaves 2-pairs, sessile, linear, ca. 15mm, acute, flowers campanulate, few, in terminal and lateral cymes |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | yellow |
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 | Halenia campanulata Cuatrec. Halenia dasyantha Gilg Halenia foliosa Gilg Halenia hygrophila Gilg Halenia tolimae Gilg Halenia verticillata Gilg Tetragonanthus elatus (Wedd.) Kuntze |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (CLM Colombia) |