Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Halenia pinifolia G.Don |
Bibliography | Gen. Hist. 4: 177 (1837) |
Native Range | Peru |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Description | stems simple, leaves linear, canaliculate, acute, margins scabrous, inflorescence umbellate, calyx lobes ovate, acute, spur straight |
Size | 7-15cm |
Color | golden yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained 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 | Swertia pinifolia Ruiz & Pav. ex G.Don Tetragonanthus pinifolius (G.Don) Kuntze |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (PER Peru) |