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Gentianella saxifragoides

Gentianella saxifragoides is a small high-altitude wildflower in the gentian family, native to the Andes. It is rarely cultivated, so care advice here is general and based on related alpine gentians.

Family
Gentianaceae (Gentian family)
Light
Full sun
Water
Keep soil evenly moist during the growing season and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Gritty, well-drained mineral mix with some organic matter.
Temperature
10–20 °C; tolerates cool nights and light frost, protect from prolonged freezing.
How easy
Hard
Native range
SC. Ecuador to Peru
Climate
subalpine or subarctic

About

Gentianella saxifragoides is a species of plant in the Gentianaceae family. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.

Other Gentianella plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gentianella saxifragoides 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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