Perennials > Gentiana > Gentiana ternifolia > Gentiana ternifolia
Gentiana ternifolia
| Family |
| Gentianaceae |
| Genus |
| Gentiana |
| Species |
| ternifolia |
| Category |
| Perennials |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 5 - 7 |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| 6 |
| RHS Hardiness Zone |
| H7 |
| Height |
| 4 - 10 cm |
Photographs
Cultivars
click to expand
Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
| Landscape |
| Rock gardens. |
| Cultivation |
| Full sun and partial-shade. Moist well-drained with a pH of 5.5 - 6.5. Prefers sandy loam and loam soils. |
| Shape |
| Compact and mat-forming. |
| Growth |
| Medium |
| Pests |
| Slugs and snails. Leaf spots. |
| Habitat |
| Wet meadows. |
| Leaf Description |
| Stems are ascending, simple and papillate. Basal rosette leaves. Leaf blade is triangular, 5 - 10 mm long and 1.5 - 2 mm wide. Stem leaves are whorls of 3. Lower stem leaves are withered and lanceolate to ovate. |
| Flower Description |
| Flowers are terminal, solitary and sessile. Trumpets with 7 lobes. |
| Colour Description |
| The foliage is greyish-green. The flowers are a purplish-blue. |
| Notable Specimens |
| The University of Alberta Botanic Garden, Devon, Alberta, Canada. |
| Propagation |
| Seed. |
top