Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Gentiana urnula Harry Sm. sect. Isomeria |
Bibliography | Kew Bull. 15: 51 (1961) |
Native Range | sw. Qinghai to e. Tibet and e. & c. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and scree |
Altitude | 3900-6100m |
Description | stem leaves imbricate, petiolate, flabellate, 7-17mm, margin cartilaginous, truncate and emarginate, flowers 1-3, blue variegate, urceolate, 2-3cm, lobes broadly ovate |
Size | 4-6cm |
Color | pale bluish purple |
Bloom | late summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Gentiana amoena var. major Burkill Gentiana amoena f. pallida C.Marquand Gentianodes urnula (Harry Sm.) Á.Löve & D.Löve |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) |