Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Halenia minima C.K.Allen |
Bibliography | Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 30: 193 (1933) |
Native Range | Ecuador |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2500-3300m |
Description | leaves thick, acute, oblanceolate, 3-8mm long, petiolate, inflorescence 2-4-flowered terminal cyme, peduncles slightly curvate, 15mm long, corolla 6-8mm, spur 2mm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | |
Bloom | late spring, 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 summer |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (ECU Ecuador) |