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Crocus fleischeri

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Crocus fleischeri
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Iridaceae
Genus: Crocus
Species:
C. fleischeri
Binomial name
Crocus fleischeri
Synonyms
  • Crocus candidus Boiss.
  • Crocus fleischerianus Herb.
  • Crocus parviflorus Baker
  • Crocus sennii Caval.
  • Crocus smyrnensis Poech

Crocus fleischeri is a species of flowering plant in the genus Crocus of the family Iridaceae. It is a cormous perennial with a native range from the eastern Aegean Islands to western and south western Turkey.[1]

Description

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Crocus fleischeri is a herbaceous perennial geophyte growing from a corm. The corms are small[2] and tear-drop shaped with silky reticulate tunics. The corm inside is yellow and produces leaves at the same time flowering occurs.[3] The white flowers are slender but open widely. The branched stigmas are dark orange-red when the flowers first open and age to cinnamon brown,[3] they are taller than the anthers. The throats of the flowers are variable in color, ranging from yellow, orange, to brown and even blackish.[2] Flowering can occur as early as January if the weather conditions are mild and the plants are winter hardy to USDA zone 6.[3]

It is found growing in evergreen oak scrub and on dry hillside around 1000 meters in altitude; flowering from January till March.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Crocus fleischeri J.Gay | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
  2. ^ a b Ruksans, Janis (2011-01-12). Crocuses: A Complete Guide to the Genus. Timber Press. ISBN 978-1-60469-106-1.
  3. ^ a b c 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.
  4. ^ Phillips, Roger (1989). The Random House book of bulbs. Martyn Rix, Brian Mathew. New York: Random House. p. 21. ISBN 0-679-72756-6. OCLC 19922564.