Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Gentianella bellidifolia (Hook.f.) Holub |
Bibliography | Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 3: 218 (1967) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | basal leaves in rosettes, coriaceous, elliptic-spathulate, obtuse, stem leaves 3-4-pairs, similar, subsessile, flowers terminal, 1-6, in umbellate cyme, corolla rotate |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | white |
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 | Chionogentias bellidifolia (Hook.f.) L.G.Adams Gentiana bellidifolia Hook.f. Gentiana bellidifolia var. australis Petrie Gentiana flaccida Petrie Oreophylax bellidifolius (Hook.f.) Á.Löve |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZN New Zealand North, NZS New Zealand South) |