Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Halenia phyteumoides Gilg |
Bibliography | Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 118: 112 (1916) |
Native Range | Peru |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 3000-3500m |
Description | basal leaves long petiolate, spathulate or broadly oblanceolate, to 3cm, acute, stem leaves 1-2pairs, sessile, flowers in terminal capitate cyme |
Size | 5-12cm |
Color | yellow |
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 |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (PER Peru) |