Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Swertia souliei Burkill |
Bibliography | J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 2: 325 (1906) |
Native Range | sc. China (w. Sichuan) |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3700-4400m |
Description | leaves mainly basal, petiolate, linear-elliptic, 3-10cm long, stem leaves 2-3 pairs, sessile, lanceolate, inflorescence racemose, 5-15-flowered, flowers 20-26mm |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | late 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 summer |
Synonyms | Swertia pauciflora Harry Sm. Swertia subspeciosa Burkill |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central) |