Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Gentiana filistyla Balf.f. & Forrest sect. Isomeria |
Bibliography | Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1928: 60 (1928) |
Native Range | sc. China to Nepal and n. Myanmar |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2900-4500m |
Description | leaves crowded, spathulate to obovate, 4-8mm, flowers solitary, tubular to narrowly infundibuliform, 3-4cm long, lobes broadly ovate, entire |
Size | 2-5cm |
Color | blue |
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 summer |
Synonyms | Gentiana filistyla var. parviflora C.Marquand Gentianodes filistyla (Balf.f. & Forrest) Á.Löve & D.Löve |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (NEP Nepal) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |