Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Gentiana gilvostriata C.Marquand sect. Isomeria |
Bibliography | Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1931: 83 (1931) |
Native Range | China to e. Himalaya and ne. Myanmar |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3000-3900m |
Description | leaves in rosette, petiolate, oblanceolate, spathulate or obovate, 5-7mm long, obtuse, flowers 1-3, with stripes and patches, campanulate, 30-45mm long, lobes ovate, acute |
Size | 1-7cm |
Color | pale bright 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 spring |
Synonyms | Gentiana gilvostriata var. stricta C.Marquand |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |