Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Swertia crossoloma Harry Sm. |
Bibliography | Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 4: 249 (1970) |
Native Range | e. Himalaya (Bhutan) |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 4200-4300m |
Description | stems basally alate, basal leaves broadly lanceolate, acute, ca. 10cm, long petiolate, pectinate-laciniate, inflorescence pyramidal, corolla lobes oval, to 2cm long |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | green-white |
Bloom | late spring, 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 | 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya) |