Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Halenia vincetoxicoides Gilg |
Bibliography | Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 118: 108 (1916) |
Native Range | w. Bolivia |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3300-3800m |
Description | basal leaves numerous, tapered to long petiole, narrowly elliptic, stem leaves sessile, subconnate, lanceolate, flowers in axillary and terminal, many-flowered cymes |
Size | 15-20cm |
Color | yellowish |
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 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia) |