Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Gentiana wardii W.W.Sm. sect. Isomeria |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 8: 122 (1913) |
Native Range | sc. China to se. Tibet to n. Myanmar |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3000-4900m |
Description | leaves crowded, spathulate to obovate, 4-11mm, flowers solitary, campanulate, 10-35mm long, lobes broadly ovate |
Size | 3-5cm |
Color | blue |
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 summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |