Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Gentianella corymbifera (Kirk) Holub |
Bibliography | Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 3: 218 (1968) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | leaves thick, carnose, narrow, 5-15cm long, floral stem leafless, cyme 5-15cm long, flowers numerous, to 18mm across, petals purple striate |
Size | 30-50cm |
Color | white |
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 spring |
Synonyms | Chionogentias corymbifera (Kirk) L.G.Adams Gentiana bellidifolia var. vacillata Kirk Gentiana corymbifera Kirk Gentiana pleurogynoides var. rigida Kirk Gentianella corymbifera ssp. gracilis Glenny |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |