Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Gentianella rupicola (Kunth) Holub |
Bibliography | Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 2: 118 (1967) |
Native Range | Ecuador |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3500-4500m |
Description | leaves oblong or spathulate, obtuse, flowers solitary, pedicellate, calyx campanulate, corolla inside densely barbate, deeply 5-parted, 2-3cm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | yellow, rose, blue |
Bloom | summer |
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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 spring |
Synonyms | Gentiana campanuloides Willd. ex Schult. Gentiana rupicola Kunth Gentiana rupicola f. crassifolia Benth. Gentiana rupicola var. grandiflora Griseb. Gentiana rupicola var. minor Spruce ex Gilg |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (ECU Ecuador) |