Biology:Colchicum alpinum

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Colchicum alpinum
Colchicum alpinum 01.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Colchicaceae
Genus: Colchicum
Species:
C. alpinum
Binomial name
Colchicum alpinum
Synonyms[1]
  • Colchicum parvulum Ten.
  • Colchicum alpinum var. parvulum (Ten.) Baker
  • Colchicum alpinum subsp. parvulum (Ten.) Nyman
  • Colchicum merenderoides E.P.Perrier & Songeon
  • Colchicum alpinum subsp. merenderoides (E.P.Perrier & Songeon) Rouy
  • Colchicum pseudoparvulum Lojac.
  • Colchicum vallis-demonis Lojac.

Colchicum alpinum, the alpine autumn crocus, is a corm-forming perennial with pale, delicate rosy-purple flowers, similar to C. autumnale but smaller.[2] It is native to the Alps and the Appennini of Italy, Switzerland , France and Sicily, and cultivated as an ornamental in other regions.[1][3]

  • Corm with flower bud

  • Colchicum alpinum in Les Grandes Rousses (Oisans)

  • Colchicum alpinum in a collector garden

  • Leaves in the spring

  • Seed capsule

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/?name_id=302755. 
  2. ↑ Augustin Pyramus de Candolle. 1805. Flore Française. Troisième Édition 3: 195, Colchicum alpinum
  3. ↑ Autumn Bulbs by Roy Leeds (B.T. Batsford Ltd) 2006 ISBN:0-7134-8962-6

Wikidata ☰ Q762538 entry




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