Colchicum bivonae Guss.

Species

Angiosperms > Liliales > Colchicaceae > Colchicum

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite deciduous herb. It grows 0.1-0.35m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.35
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

Mountainous regions in pinewood and scrub around 500 metres.
Light 6-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-9

Usage

Uses gene source medicinal poison
Edible -
Therapeutic use Polyp(Nose) (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 18
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -23
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Flower

Colchicum bivonae flower picture by Rossen Vassilev (cc-by-sa)
Colchicum bivonae flower picture by Rossen Vassilev (cc-by-sa)
Colchicum bivonae flower picture by anna blume (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Colchicum bivonae world distribution map, present in Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, and Turks and Caicos Islands

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:533241-1
WFO ID wfo-0000763837
COL ID 5ZL3L
BDTFX ID 77070
INPN ID 160968
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Synonyms

Colchicum sibthorpii Colchicum tuntasium Colchicum amabile Colchicum bowlesianum Colchicum busambarense Colchicum variegatum Colchicum variopictum Colchicum latifolium Colchicum pulchrum Colchicum neapolitanum var. variopictum Colchicum amabile var. variopictum Colchicum autumnale var. bivonae Colchicum autumnale var. variopictum Colchicum bivonae