Crocus alatavicus | |
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Crocus alatavicus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Iridaceae |
Genus: | Crocus |
Species: | C. alatavicus
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Binomial name | |
Crocus alatavicus Regel & Semen.
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Crocus alatavicus is a species of flowering plant in the genus Crocus of the family Iridaceae. It is a cormous perennial native to Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Xinjiang. [1]
Crocus alatavicus is a herbaceous perennial geophyte growing from a corm. The medium-sized corm has a tunic with parallel fibers. The narrow leaves number 8 to 20 and are short during flowering. The white flowers have gray to black-violet spotting on the outside surfaces. The flower throats are yellow and so are the anthers. The stigma is yellow to orange. [2]
Crocus alatavicus is found growing in the mountains among stones and in scrub, often in association with Colchicum luteum; flowering occurs in February to May depending on the altitude. [3]
Plants are easy to grow in a bulb frame if the soil remains dry during summer. [3] It is winter hardy to USDA zone 4. [2]
Crocus alatavicus | |
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Crocus alatavicus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Iridaceae |
Genus: | Crocus |
Species: | C. alatavicus
|
Binomial name | |
Crocus alatavicus Regel & Semen.
|
Crocus alatavicus is a species of flowering plant in the genus Crocus of the family Iridaceae. It is a cormous perennial native to Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Xinjiang. [1]
Crocus alatavicus is a herbaceous perennial geophyte growing from a corm. The medium-sized corm has a tunic with parallel fibers. The narrow leaves number 8 to 20 and are short during flowering. The white flowers have gray to black-violet spotting on the outside surfaces. The flower throats are yellow and so are the anthers. The stigma is yellow to orange. [2]
Crocus alatavicus is found growing in the mountains among stones and in scrub, often in association with Colchicum luteum; flowering occurs in February to May depending on the altitude. [3]
Plants are easy to grow in a bulb frame if the soil remains dry during summer. [3] It is winter hardy to USDA zone 4. [2]