Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Lomatogonium oreocharis (Diels) C.Marquand |
Bibliography | J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 48: 207 (1929) |
Native Range | sc. China to se. Tibet |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3000-4800m |
Description | leaves broadly ovate to orbiculate, 6-19mm, at margins scabrous, petiolate, stem leaves sessile, raceme 2-6-flowered, flowers pentamerous, dark striate |
Size | 7-20cm |
Color | pale 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 | Lomatogonium cuneifolium Harry Sm. Pleurogyne oreocharis Diels |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) |