Gentiana wardii W.W.Sm.

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Gentianaceae > Gentiana

Characteristics

Perennials 3-5 cm tall. Stolons 1-3 cm, simple to 3branched. Stems erect, simple. Leaves crowded into a rosette; petiole 3-5 mm; leaf blade spatulate to obovate, 4-11 × 3-6 mm, base narrowed, apex rounded; veins 1-3, abaxially distinct. Flowers solitary. Calyx obconic; tube 6-8 mm, membranous; lobes ovate, 2-3 mm, subequal, herbaceous, apex obtuse to rounded, midvein indistinct. Corolla blue, unspotted, campanulate, less than 1 cm or 2-3.5 cm; lobes broadly ovate, 1.5-2.5 mm, margin entire, apex rounded; plicae broadly ovate and 1-1.5 mm or triangular and 2-2.5 mm, margin entire or denticulate, apex obtuse. Stamens inserted at basal part of corolla tube; filaments 7-9 mm; anthers ellipsoid, 1.5-2 mm. Style 1.5-2.5 mm; stigma lobes oblong. Capsules ovoid-ellipsoid, 1.4-1.6 cm; gynophore to 1.7 cm. Seeds light brown, ellipsoid to subglobose, 1-1.3 mm; seed coat with spongy complex pits. Fl. and fr. Aug-Nov.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.03 - 0.05
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Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

Light -
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 14 - 180
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity dark
Germination treatment stratification
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Distribution

Gentiana wardii world distribution map, present in China and Myanmar

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:369118-1
WFO ID wfo-0000698959
COL ID 3FN2H
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Gentiana wardii Gentiana wardii var. wardii

Lower taxons

Gentiana wardii subsp. emergens Gentiana wardii subsp. micrantha