Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Gentianella selaginifolia (Griseb.) Fabris |
Bibliography | Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 8: 25 (1959) |
Native Range | Colombia to Ecuador |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3500-4500m |
Description | stems densely leafy, leaves lanceolate or lanceolate-spathulate, thick, on margins scabrous, flowers in spherical cyme, corolla shortly pedicellate, erect |
Size | 5-12cm |
Color | 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 spring |
Synonyms | Gentiana dasyantha Gilg Gentiana selaginifolia Griseb. Gentianella dasyantha (Gilg) Fabris |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (CLM Colombia, ECU Ecuador) |