Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Gentiana depressa D.Don sect. Isomeria |
Bibliography | Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 125 (1825) |
Native Range | s. Tibet to e. & c. Himalaya, n. India |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3000-4500m |
Description | stem leaves crowded, broadly oblong to ovate, 9-15mm, margins scabrous, obtuse, 1-veined, flowers solitary, calyx campanulate, corolla broadly tubular, 25-30mm, lobes ovate |
Size | 3-6cm |
Color | pale pinkish purple |
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 summer |
Synonyms | Ericalia depressa D.Don ex G.Don Gentiana depressa var. stenophylla T.N.Ho Gentianodes depressa (D.Don) Á.Löve & D.Löve Pneumonanthe depressa (D.Don) G.Don |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, IND India, NEP Nepal) |