Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Gentianella tristicha (Gilg) J.S.Pringle |
Bibliography | Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45: 1256 (1993) |
Native Range | Peru (Ancash) |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3500-4500m |
Description | basal leaves linear, acute, 5-8cm, rather carnose, stem leaves ovate to lanceolate, connate, 4-6cm, remote, flowers axillary, calyx tubular, corolla 25mm, lobes rounded |
Size | 4-10cm |
Color | white, lilac |
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 spring |
Synonyms | Gentiana mesembrianthemoides Gilg Gentiana tristicha Gilg Gentianella mesembrianthemoides (Gilg) T.N.Ho & S.W.Liu |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (PER Peru) |