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Gentiana scabra
Long Dan Cao
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Latin Name: Gentiana scabra
Common Name: Long Dan Cao
Family: Gentianaceae(Click to Search)
Author: Bunge.
Known Hazards: None known
Habitat: Thickets, grassy places and wet meadows at low elevations and in the mountains of C. and S. Japan[58].
Mature Height: 0.3
Mature Width: 0.2
Habit: Perennial
Cultivation Notes: In general, gentians require a moist well-drained soil in a sheltered position, a certain minimum of atmospheric humidity, high light intensity but a site where temperatures are not too high[239]. They are therefore more difficult to grow in areas with hot summers and in such a region they appreciate some protection from the strongest sunlight[200, 239]. Most species will grow well in the rock garden[200]. This species requires a moist well-drained neutral to acid soil[200, 238]. Another report says that it is happy in any reasonable soil[239].
A moisture loving plant, preferring to grow with full exposure to the sun but with plenty of underground moisture in the summer, it grows better in the north and west of Britain[1].
A very ornamental plant[1].
Plants are intolerant of root disturbance[200].
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