Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Halenia weberbaueri C.K.Allen |
Bibliography | Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 20: 189 (1933) |
Native Range | Peru |
Primary Biome | Wet Tropical |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 4000-4500m |
Description | basal leaves numerous, long thinly petiolate, lanceolate, 2-4cm, obtuse, 3-nerved, stem leaves sessile, linear, inflorescence 3-5-flowered, subumbellate cyme, corolla 12-15 |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | greenish |
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 |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (PER Peru) |