Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Gentiana sikkimensis C.B.Clarke sect. Isomeria |
Bibliography | Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 4: 114 (1883) |
Native Range | sc. China to Himalaya and ne. Myanmar |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2700-5000m |
Description | basal leaves orbiculate, 6-10mm, stem leaves crowded around flowers, petiolate, oblong to spathulate, 6-16mm, flowers 3-8, deep blue variegate, 20-25mm long, lobes ovate |
Size | 3-10cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | late 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 pseudosikkimensis C.Marquand Gentianodes sikkimensis (C.B.Clarke) Á.Löve & D.Löve |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (ASS Assam, EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |