Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Halenia weddeliana Gilg |
Synonyms | Halenia hoppii Reimers |
Halenia meyeri-johannis Gilg | |
Swertia hypericoides Kunth | |
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 | rosette, tuft |
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 |
Southern America
Western South America (Bolivia , Colombia , Ecuador , Peru) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | GENTIANACEAE
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