Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Gentianella calanchoides (Gilg) Fabris |
Bibliography | Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 7: 92 (1958) |
Native Range | Peru |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 4000-4500m |
Description | leaves dense, narrowly lanceolate or ligulate, acute or acuminate, cartilagineous, the basal 6-7cm, flowers in 3-flowered cymes producing corymb, corolla 2cm |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | green-white |
Bloom | 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 spring |
Synonyms | Gentiana calanchoides Gilg Gentiana filamentosa (D.Don) Griseb. Ulostoma filamentosa D.Don |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (PER Peru) |