Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Gentiana caelestis (C.Marquand) Harry Sm. sect. Kudoa |
Bibliography | Symb. Sin. [H.F.von Handel-Mazzetti] 7: 972 (1936) |
Native Range | sc. China to ne. Myanmar |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2600-4500m |
Description | stem leaves upwards larger, obtuse, ovate, upper leaves linear-elliptic, flowers terminal, solitary, sessile, tubular-campanulate, 35-50mm long |
Size | 5-8cm |
Color | pale blue |
Bloom | autumn |
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 spring |
Synonyms | Gentiana ampla Harry Sm. Gentiana veitchiorum var. caelestis C.Marquand |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |