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Barrington Snow Gentian

Gentianella barringtonensis

Barrington Snow Gentian
Photo: Poyt448 Peter Woodard, CC BY-SA 4.0

Barrington Snow Gentian is a small annual wildflower native to the Barrington Tops of New South Wales, Australia, found in cool high-country habitats. It is rarely cultivated, so growing it requires cool, moist conditions similar to its alpine home.

Family
Gentianaceae (Gentian family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Part shade
Water
Keep soil evenly moist during the growing season and avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Free-draining, moist, humus-rich soil.
Temperature
Cool conditions; tolerates frost, protect from prolonged heat above 25 °C.
How easy
Hard
Native range
New South Wales (Barrington Tops area)
Climate
temperate

About

Gentianella barringtonensis, the Barrington snow gentian, is a species of the genus Gentianella native to New South Wales, Australia.

Other Gentianella plants

Chionogentias diemensis · Gentianella alborosea · Autumn dwarf gentian · Gentianella androsacea · Early Gentian · Gentianella antarctica · Golden dwarfgentian · Common New Zealand Gentian · Field gentian · Auckland Island Gentian · Gentianella cernua · Enderby Island Gentian

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gentianella barringtonensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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