Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Halenia subinvolucrata Gilg |
Bibliography | Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 118: 99 (1916) |
Native Range | Venezuela |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 1300-4900m |
Description | leaves subcarnose, 3-nerved, linear-lanceolate, narrowly petiolate, upper stem leaves broadly sessile, lanceolate, flowers in axillary and terminal 3-flowered cymes |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
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 summer |
Territory | 8 Southern America 82 Northern South America (VEN Venezuela) |