Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Gentianella liniflora (Kunth) Fabris ex J.S.Pringle |
Bibliography | Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45: 1255 (1993) |
Native Range | Peru |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2500-3500m |
Description | leaves oblong or ovate, acute, on margins scabrous, flowers pedicellate in effuse panicle, calyx 5-fid, corolla 5-partire, lobes obtuse |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | violet |
Bloom | spring |
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 andreae-mathewsii Briq. Gentiana coerulea Ruiz & Pav. ex Griseb. Gentiana floribunda Willd. ex Schult. Gentiana graebneriana Gilg Gentiana liniflora Kunth Gentiana liniflora var. gracilis Griseb. Gentiana mathewsii Gilg Gentiana stricticaulis Gilg Gentianella andreae-mathewsii (Briq.) Zarucchi Gentianella graebneriana (Gilg) T.N.Ho & S.W.Liu Gentianella stricticaulis (Gilg) T.N.Ho & S.W.Liu |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (PER Peru) |