Gentiana crassicaulis SEEDS

Gentiana crassicaulis seeds grow into the thick-stemmed gentian a perennial herb native to the subalpine and subarctic biome of the Himalaya-Hengduan Mountain region, from SE Tibet east through western Sichuan, NW Yunnan and NW Guizhou, China, growing in alpine and subalpine meadows. Described by Duthie ex Burkill. The epithet crassicaulis means ‘thick-stemmed’, referring to the stout stems. An alpine gentian of the extraordinarily biodiverse Himalaya-Hengduan Mountains one of the world’s richest centres of plant diversity and a major evolutionary hotspot. Used in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) the roots have been used for thousands of years for digestive complaints, fever and inflammatory conditions. Family Gentianaceae.

Full sun to partial shade; moist, well-drained alpine soils; cool subalpine conditions of SW China; cold-hardy.

• ‘Crassicaulis’ = thick-stemmed; Duthie ex Burkill; Himalaya-Hengduan Mountains alpine endemic
• Traditional Chinese Medicine: roots used for digestive complaints, fever, inflammation
• SE Tibet to China (Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou) subalpine biome; alpine meadows
• Genus Gentiana ~360 species; Family Gentianaceae
• Full sun to partial shade; moist alpine soils; cold-hardy subalpine; Family Gentianaceae

Gentiana crassicaulis is the thick-stemmed Chinese alpine gentian from the Himalaya-Hengduan Mountains, one of Earth’s richest centres of plant diversity and a major evolutionary hotspot that sheltered plant populations through glacial cycles, an alpine medicinal plant whose roots have been used in Traditional Chinese Medicine for millennia.

IMPORTANT: Pictures show the adult plant, which is not for sale. The offer is only for seeds.