Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Gentianella saxosa (G.Forst.) Holub |
Bibliography | Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 3: 218 (1968) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sands and rocks |
Altitude | 0-100m |
Description | dark procumbent stems, leaves of basal rosette spathulate, stem leaves linear-lanceolate, carnose, brown-green, flowers terminal, open, stellate, in cymes |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white, purple striate |
Bloom | late summer, autumn |
Ca | - |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Chionogentias saxosa (G.Forst.) L.G.Adams Gentiana hookeri J.B.Armstr. Gentiana montana var. saxosa (G.Forst.) Benth. Gentiana saxosa G.Forst. Gentiana saxosa var. recurvata Kirk Oreophylax saxosus (G.Forst.) Á.Löve Pneumonanthe saxosa (G.Forst.) F.W.Schmidt |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |