Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Halenia major Wedd. |
Bibliography | Chlor. Andina 2: 79 (1859) |
Native Range | nw. Venezuela to Colombia |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | lower leaves oblanceolate, long petiolate, 6-7cm long, stem leaves patent, lanceolate, ca. 3cm long, flowers 3, pedicellate, 15mm long, with long spur, in cyme |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | |
Bloom | summer, autumn |
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 | Halenia karstenii Gilg Halenia macrantha Gilg Halenia stellarioides Gilg Tetragonanthus major (Wedd.) Kuntze |
Territory | 8 Southern America 82 Northern South America (VEN Venezuela) 83 Western South America (CLM Colombia) |