Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Gentianella lineata (Kirk) T.N.Ho & S.W.Liu |
Bibliography | Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 23: 63 (1993) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | basal leaves 10-15mm, narrowly linear to oblong-lanceolate, thin, acute, flatly petiolate, stem leaves 2-3-pairs, sessile, filiform, flowers solitary, terminal, 10-15mm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | 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 | Chionogentias lineata (Kirk) L.G.Adams Gentiana lineata Kirk Gentiana verecunda G.Simpson Oreophylax lineatus (Kirk) Á.Löve |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |