Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Gentiana dinarica (Beck) Beck sect. Ciminalis |
Bibliography | Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 38: 790 (1888) |
Native Range | c. Italy, w. Balkan Peninsula |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaves in rosette, sessile, elliptic to ovate, 2-3cm, 3-veined, stem leaves smaller, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, flowers solitary, corolla infundibuliform, 3-4cm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | blue-violet |
Bloom | spring |
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 | Ciminalis dinarica (Beck) Holub Gentiana acaulis var. dinarica Beck Gentiana acaulis ssp. dinarica (Beck) Barina |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, ITA Italy, YUG Yugoslavia) |