Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Swertia gyacaensis T.N.Ho & S.W.Liu |
Bibliography | Acta Phytotax. Sin. 18: 77 (1980) |
Native Range | se. Tibet (Gyaca Xian) |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 4200-4300m |
Description | basal leaves petiolate, linear-elliptic to lanceolate, 2-4cm long, stem leaves sessile, amplexicaule, inflorescence racemose, 3-7-flowered, flowers 15-20mm, lobes oblong |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | bluish purple |
Bloom | late 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 | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) |