Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Gentianella serotina (Cockayne) T.N.Ho & S.W.Liu |
Bibliography | Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 23: 64 (1993) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | stems purple, leaves spathulate, ca. 2cm long, stem leaves in pairs, connate, with brown-purple margins, flowers 15mm long in small, umbellate cluster |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | autumn |
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 serotina (Cockayne) L.G.Adams Gentiana serotina Cockayne Oreophylax serotinus (Cockayne) Á.Löve |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |