Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Swertia conaensis T.N.Ho & S.W.Liu |
Bibliography | Acta Phytotax. Sin. 18: 81 (1980) |
Native Range | se. Tibet (Cona Xian) |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 4500-4600m |
Description | leaves only basal, petiolate, oblong-spathulate, strigose, ciliate, flowers solitary, tetramerous, 12-14mm across, lobes lanceolate, apex obtuse, erose |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | dark blue |
Bloom | late 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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) |