Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Gentianella crassulifolia (Griseb.) Fabris |
Bibliography | Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 8: 25 (1959) |
Native Range | Ecuador |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 3000-3800m |
Description | leaves lanceolate or elliptic, hirsute, margins scabrous, flowers 8-12 in dense corymb, corolla 12-15mm, pentamerous, lobes suborbiculate |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | yellow |
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 crassulifolia Griseb. Gentiana crassulifolia var. grandiflora Wedd. Gentiana crassulifolia var. selaginifolia Gilg Gentiana lehmannii Gilg Gentianella lehmannii (Gilg) Fabris |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (ECU Ecuador) |