Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Kuepferia leucantha (Harry Sm.) Adr.Favre |
Bibliography | Taxon 63: 351 (2014) |
Native Range | se. Tibet to e. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 4000-4600m |
Description | leaves mainly on stem, crowded, elliptic to ovate, 4mm, flowers terminal, solitary, tubular, 13-15mm long, lobes elliptic-ovate to ovate |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | white, whitish yellow |
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 decorata ssp. leucantha (Harry Sm.) Halda Gentiana leucantha Harry Sm. Gentiana tsarongensis Balf.f. & Forrest |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya) |