Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Gentianella kuntzei (Gilg) T.N.Ho & S.W.Liu |
Bibliography | Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. (London), Bot. 23: 63 (1993) |
Native Range | Bolivia |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2500-3500m |
Description | stems densely leafy, leaves obovate-lanceolate, acute, petiolate, stem leaves amplexicaule, connate, inflorescence terminal, cymose, corolla 2cm, lobes oblong, rounded |
Size | 7-12cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous 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 cochabambensis Rusby Gentiana hygrophiloides Gilg Gentiana kuntzei Gilg |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia) |