Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Gentianella patula (Kirk ) Holub |
Bibliography | Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 3: 218 (1968) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | akin to G. bellidifolia, but larger, flowers 2-10, 20-25mm long, in umbelate cluster, petals with central red veinlet |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | white |
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 | Chionogentias patula (Kirk) L.G.Adams Gentiana bellidifolia var. patula Kirk Gentiana patula (Kirk) Cheesemann Gentiana spedenii Petrie Gentianella spedenii (Petrie) T.N.Ho & S.W.Liu |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |