Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Gentiana emodii C.Marquand ex Sealy sect. Isomeria |
Bibliography | Bot. Mag. 170: t. 230 (1954) |
Native Range | s. & se. Tibet to e. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and scree |
Altitude | 4300-5700m |
Description | stem leaves imbricate, petiolate, flabellate, 5-7mm, margins cartilaginous, ciliate, emarginate, flowers 1-3, blue variegate, urceolate, 15-20mm long, lobes broadly ovate |
Size | 3-5cm |
Color | pale bluish purple, white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | - |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Gentiana amoena C.B.Clarke Gentianodes emodi (C.Marquand ex Sealy) Á.Löve & D.Löve |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya) |