Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Gentianella scarlatinostriata (Gilg) Zarucchi |
Bibliography | Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45: 1256 (1993) |
Native Range | Peru (Junín) |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 4000-4500m |
Description | taproot, leaves carnose, oblong-lanceolate, sessile, 8-10cm long, flowers pendent, solitary, axillary, thinly pedicellate, forming false, open raceme |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | reddish yellow |
Bloom | autumn |
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 cuttings in late spring |
Synonyms | Gentiana scarlatinostriata Gilg |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (PER Peru) |