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Crocus gargaricus

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Species of flowering plant

Crocus gargaricus
Crocus gargaricus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Iridaceae
Genus: Crocus
Species: C. gargaricus
Binomial name
Crocus gargaricus
Herb.
Synonyms
  • Crocus aureus E.D.Clarke
  • Crocus gargaricus var. citrinus Herb.
  • Crocus gargaricus var. panchrysus Herb.

Crocus gargaricus is a species of flowering plant in the family Iridaceae. It is a cormous perennial native to Turkey.

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.

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. 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. Flowering occurs from February to March. Plants reproduce quickly, forming many short stolons that generate new corms.

Habitat

Crocus gargaricus grows in damp pasture and open pine woodlands at an elevation range of 1200 to 2300 meters. Often found near snow melt in mountain meadows with peaty soils, growing with Pinus nigra ssp. pallasiana and Abies nordmanniana ssp. bornmuelleria.

References

  1. ^ "Crocus gargaricus Herb. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
  2. "Crocus gargaricus Herb". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved November 30, 2024.
  3. "Crocus gargaricus". Retrieved April 28, 2024.
  4. ^ Ruksans, Janis (2011-01-12). Crocuses: A Complete Guide to the Genus. Timber Press. ISBN 978-1-60469-106-1.
  5. ^ 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.
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Crocus gargaricus
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