Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Kuepferia otophora (Franch.) Adr.Favre |
Bibliography | Taxon 63: 351 (2014) |
Native Range | sc. China to se. Tibet and ne. Myanmar |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2800-4200m |
Description | basal leaves crowded, oblong-spathulate, 5-12cm, stem leaves 2-5 pairs, ovate-elliptic, 1-3cm, flowers in axillary and terminal clusters, corolla 20-25mm, lobes ovate-elliptic |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | yellow |
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 | Gentiana otophora Franch. Gentiana otophora var. ovatisepala C.Marquand |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |