Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Gentiana microdonta Franch. sect. Frigidae |
Bibliography | J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 26: 130 (1890) |
Native Range | sc. China (nw. Yunnan) |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2600-4200m |
Description | leaves narrowly elliptic to oblong, 25-35mm, obtuse, 1-3-veined, stem leaves 3-4-pairs, oblong to oblanceolate, flowers in narrow panicle, corolla narrowly infundibuliform |
Size | 25-35cm |
Color | dark blue |
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 |
Synonyms | Gentiana trichotoma var. albescens C.Marquand Gentianodes microdonta (Franch.) Á.Löve & D.Löve |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central) |