Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Halenia weddeliana Gilg |
Bibliography | Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 118: 118 (1916) |
Native Range | Colombia to w. Bolivia |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1000-4500m |
Description | basal leaves spathulate or oblong, tapered to petiole, ca. 3cm long, stem leaves oblong, acute, 3-nerved, flowers numerous in capitate cyme, corolla ca. 1cm |
Size | 15-25cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Halenia antigonorrhoica Gilg Halenia hoppii Reimers Halenia hypericoides (Kunth) Griseb. Halenia meyeri-johannis Gilg Halenia phyllophora C.K.Allen Swertia hypericoides Kunth Tetragonanthus hypericoides (Kunth) Kuntze |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, CLM Colombia, ECU Ecuador, PER Peru) |