Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Gentianella thyrsoidea (Hook.) Fabris |
Bibliography | Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 7: 88 (1958) |
Native Range | Peru |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3500-4800m |
Description | leaves crowded, gras-like, acute, the basal curvate, abaxially dilated to broad vagina, inflorescence densely racemose, flowers numerous, pedicellate, erect |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | |
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 pinifolia Ruiz. & Pav. ex G.Don Gentiana thyrsoidea Hook. Pitygentias pinifolia (Ruiz. & Pav. ex G.Don) Gilg Pitygentias thyrsoidea (Hook.) Gilg Selatium thyrsoideum (Hook.) G.Don |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (PER Peru) |