Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Gentianella corymbosa (Kunth) Weaver & Rüdenberg |
Bibliography | J. Arnold Arbor. 56: 215 (1975) |
Native Range | nw. Venezuela to Colombia |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3000-4200m |
Description | basal leaves linear-spathulate, sessile, obtuse, uninerved, the upper lanceolate, flowers pedicellate, erect, calyx lobes linear, acute, corolla lobes 5, obovate-oblong |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | violet, blue |
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 cocuyana Cuatrec. Gentiana corymbosa Kunth Gentiana congesta Willd. ex Schult. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 82 Northern South America (VEN Venezuela) 83 Western South America (CLM Colombia) |