Gentiana ornata Wall. & Griseb.

Species

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Characteristics

Perennials 4-7 cm tall. Stems ascending, simple, glabrous. Basal rosette leaves developed; leaf blade linear, 1.8-3.5 cm × 2-4 mm, base connate for 2-4 mm, margin scabrous, apex acuminate, midvein distinct. Stem leaves larger, more crowded toward apex, uppermost surrounding calyx; leaf blade base obtuse and connate for 1.5-2 mm, margin scabrous, apex acute to obtuse, midvein distinct. Lower stem leaves elliptic to ovate, 3-7 × 1-2.5 mm; middle to upper leaves linear, 0.8-1.5 cm × 1-1.5 mm; rarely all stem leaf blades linear to narrowly elliptic. Flowers terminal, solitary, sessile. Calyx narrowly obconic, 1-1.3 cm; lobes green, linear, (0.5-)0.9-1.1 cm, margin scabrous, apex obtuse, midvein distinct. Corolla pale blue, with pale yellow-white base and dark blue streaks and spots, campanulate, 2.5-4 cm; lobes broadly triangular, 2.5-3.5 mm, margin entire, apex obtuse and sometimes mucronate; plicae ovate, 0.5-1 mm, margin entire, apex obtuse. Stamens inserted just below middle of corolla tube; filaments 8-10 mm; anthers narrowly ellipsoid, 1.5-2 mm. Style 5-5.5 mm; stigma lobes suborbicular. Capsules ovoid-ellipsoid, 1.2-1.3 cm; gynophore to 3.5 cm. Seeds light brown, ellipsoid, 1-1.2 mm. Fl. and fr. Aug-Nov.
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A herb.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.04 - 0.07
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a temperate plant. In Northeastern India it grows between 4,000-4,100 m above sea level.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 2-6
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-10

Usage

The flowers are cooked as a vegetable
Uses -
Edible flowers
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions. Seeds needs stratification.
Mode divisions
Germination duration (days) 14 - 180
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity dark
Germination treatment stratification
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Productivity -

Images

Gentiana ornata unspecified picture

Distribution

Gentiana ornata world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:368605-1
WFO ID wfo-0000698148
COL ID 6KB8V
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Gentiana ornata Pneumonanthe ornata Gentianodes ornata