Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Comastoma stellariifolium (Franch.) Holub |
Bibliography | Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 3: 218 (1968) |
Native Range | sc. China to e. Nepal and n. Myanmar |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2800-4100m |
Description | basal leaves weakly developed, elliptic to ovate, 25-45mm, flowers terminal, solitary, infundibuliform to crateriform, 6-10mm long, lobes narrowly oblong |
Size | 8-20cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | autumn |
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 stellariifolia Franch. Gentianella stellariifolia (Franch.) Harry Sm. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |