Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Gentianella erythrochrysea (Gilg) Fabris |
Bibliography | Fl. Prov. Jujuy 8: 71 (1983) |
Native Range | Bolivia to nw. Argentina |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 3400-4100m |
Description | leaves rather carnose, oblanceolate, acute, to 8cm long, tapered to long pseudopetiole, flowers 1-6 in cyme, corolla erect, 25-30mm long, tube yellow |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | reddish |
Bloom | late summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained 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 erythrochrysea Gilg Gentiana lithophila Gilg Gentianella lithophila (Gilg) T.N.Ho & S.W.Liu |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia) 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest) |