| Crocus gargaricus | |
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| Crocus gargaricus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Iridaceae |
| Genus: | Crocus |
| Species: | C. gargaricus |
| Binomial name | |
| Crocus gargaricus Herb. | |
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Crocus gargaricus is a species of flowering plant in the genus Crocus of the family Iridaceae. It is a cormous perennial native to Turkey.[1]
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.[2] 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.[3] Flowering occurs from February to March. Plants reproduce quickly, forming many short stolons that generate new corms.[3]
Habitat
Crocus gargaricus grows in damp pasture and open pine woodlands at an elevation range of 1200 to 2300 meters.[2] Often found near snow melt in mountain meadows with peaty soils, growing with Pinus nigra ssp. pallasiana and Abies nordmanniana ssp. bornmuelleria.[3]
References
- ↑ "Crocus gargaricus Herb. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
- 1 2 Ruksans, Janis (2011-01-12). Crocuses: A Complete Guide to the Genus. Timber Press. ISBN 978-1-60469-106-1.
- 1 2 3 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.