Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Centaurium scilloides (L.f.) Samp. |
Bibliography | Herb. Port.: 106 (1913) |
Native Range | Azores |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Description | basal leaves shortly petiolate, suborbiculate, to 1cm long, stem leaves sessile, opposite, oblanceolate, flowers 1-few in cymes, pedicellate, 15-24mm |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Centaurium scilloides ssp. massonii (Sweet ex H.C.Watson) Palhinha Centaurium scilloides var. portense (Brot.) Druce Chironia nummulariifolia Willd. ex Griseb. Erythraea massonii Sweet ex H.C.Watson Erythraea nummulariifolia Willd. Erythraea scilloides (L.f.) Chaub. ex Puel Gentiana scilloides L.f. Hippion scilloides (L.f.) F.W.Schmidt |
Territory | 2 Africa 21 Macaronesia (AZO Azores) |