Colchicum arenarium Waldst. & Kit.

Sand saffron (en), Colchique à feuilles longues (fr), Colchique à longues feuilles (fr), Colchique de Naples (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Liliales > Colchicaceae > Colchicum

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite herb. It grows 0.05-0.15m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.05 - 0.15
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-8

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 30 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 18
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Colchicum arenarium unspecified picture

Distribution

Colchicum arenarium world distribution map, present in Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, and Ukraine

Conservation status

Colchicum arenarium threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:533227-1
WFO ID wfo-0000763814
COL ID WX9H
BDTFX ID 18539
INPN ID 92125
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Colchicum arenarium Colchicum fominii Colchicum arenarium f. angustum