Biology:Crocus kotschyanus
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Iridaceae |
| Genus: | Crocus |
| Section: | Crocus sect. Crocus |
| Species: | C. kotschyanus
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Crocus kotschyanus, Kotschy's crocus,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the genus Crocus of the family Iridaceae, found from Turkey to Caucasus and Lebanon.[3][1][4]
Growing to 10 cm (3.9 in) tall, it produces pale lilac-blue flowers in autumn, followed by sword-like leaves. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Crocus kotschyanus K.Koch". The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d.. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:436580-1.
- ↑ (xls) BSBI List 2007, Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland, https://bsbi.org/download/3542/, retrieved 2014-10-17
- ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ "Crocus kotschyanus K.Koch". Species 2000. n.d.. https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/ZKWS.
- ↑ "Crocus kotschyanus". Royal Horticultural Society. https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/20145/Crocus-kotschyanus/Details. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
Wikidata ☰ Q2153472 entry
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