Gentiana muscicola C.Marquand

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Gentianaceae > Gentiana

Characteristics

Perennials 3-6 cm tall, with long slender stolons. Stems erect, simple, glabrous. Petiole 2-2.5 mm; leaf blade ovate, 4-5 × 3-4 mm, abaxially glabrous, adaxially densely and minutely papillate, base rounded to cordate, margin narrowly membranous, apex acute; veins 1-3, slender. Pedicel 2-3 mm, glabrous. Calyx tubular, 4.5-5.5 mm; lobes filiform to filiform-subulate, 1.5-2 mm, base 0.8-1.2 mm wide, margin narrowly membranous, apex acuminate, midvein prominent. Corolla purple, funnelform, 1-1.1 cm; lobes ovate-lanceolate to ovate-triangular, 2.5-3.5 mm, margin entire, apex obtuse; plicae ovate, 0.7-1 mm, margin laciniate. Stamens inserted at apical part of corolla tube, equal; filaments 2-2.5 mm; anthers ellipsoid, 0.6-0.8 mm. Ovary ellipsoid, 2.5-3 mm; gynophore ca. 2 mm, stout. Style 3-4 mm; stigma lobes linear. Fl. Jul.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.03 - 0.06
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 14 - 180
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Germination luminosity dark
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Distribution

Gentiana muscicola world distribution map, present in China and Myanmar

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:368541-1
WFO ID wfo-0000698057
COL ID 3FMGX
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Synonyms

Gentiana muscicola

Lower taxons

Gentiana muscicola subsp. lacinulata