Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Gentiana confertifolia C.Marquand sect. Isomeria |
Bibliography | Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1928: 50 (1928) |
Native Range | sc. China (nw. Yunnan) |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 3000-3400m |
Description | stem leaves crowded, linear-elliptic to lanceolate, 2-4cm, margins cartilaginous, flowers 1-3, broadly tubular, 25-28mm long, lobes broadly ovate, entire |
Size | 4-6cm |
Color | pale blue |
Bloom | spring |
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 summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central) |