Biology:Crocus gargaricus
| Crocus gargaricus | |
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| Crocus gargaricus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Iridaceae |
| Genus: | Crocus |
| Species: | C. gargaricus
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| Crocus gargaricus Herb.
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Crocus gargaricus is a species of flowering plant in the family Iridaceae.[2] It is a cormous perennial native to Turkey.[1]
Crocus gargaricus grows only on Kaz Dag, also known as Mount Ida. The rarity in its cultivation is due to its being recently recognized as its own distinct flowering plant.[3]
Description
Crocus gargaricus is a herbaceous perennial geophyte growing from a corm. It is a small crocus species with bright yellow (occasionally lemon yellow) to orange flowers that commonly has orange, three branched, styles.[4] The corms are small with finely netted, fibrous tunics. Corms produce three or four leaves, about 2mm wide, that emerge from the soil about the same time flowering occurs.[5] Flowering occurs from February to March. Plants reproduce quickly, forming many short stolons that generate new corms.[5]
Habitat
Crocus gargaricus grows in damp pasture and open pine woodlands at an elevation range of 1200 to 2300 meters.[4] Often found near snow melt in mountain meadows with peaty soils, growing with Pinus nigra ssp. pallasiana and Abies nordmanniana ssp. bornmuelleria.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Crocus gargaricus Herb. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:436541-1.
- ↑ "Crocus gargaricus Herb.". Species 2000. n.d.. https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/ZKV5.
- ↑ "Crocus gargaricus". https://www.rareplants.co.uk/product/crocus-gargaricus-gargaricus/.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Ruksans, Janis (2011-01-12) (in en). Crocuses: A Complete Guide to the Genus. Timber Press. ISBN 978-1-60469-106-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=3pqFWjcZphMC&pg=PA164.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Jelitto, Leo (1990). Hardy herbaceous perennials. Wilhelm Schacht, Michael E. Epp, John Philip Baumgardt, Alfred Fessler. Portland, Or.: Timber Press. p. 170. ISBN 0-88192-159-9. OCLC 20012412.
Wikidata ☰ Q15560518 entry
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