Colchicum capense (L.) J.C.Manning & Vinn.

Species

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Characteristics

Acaulescent, cormous geophyte, often clumped. Leaves 3, lower 2 lanceolate, margins ciliate, 40-120 x 15-30, uppermost erect, bract-like; outer bracts ovate, white or pale green, margins ciliate, inner smaller. Flowers hidden by bracts, 2 or 3, tepal claw 8-10 mm long, blade auriculate-cucullate, margins minutely ciliolate, 6-8 mm long; filaments green or purple, 6-8 mm long, anthers ±2 mm; styloids 7-10 mm long. July-Aug.(Sept.).
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Acaulescent, cormous geophyte. Leaves lanceolate, margins ciliate, sometimes undulate. Flowers enclosed in large white bracts, sometimes striped green, inner smaller with ciliate margins, tepals auriculate below; filaments green or purple, anthers yellow, ± 2 mm long; styloids with median longitudinal crest.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Soil texture 1-2
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 30 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 18
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Distribution

Colchicum capense world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77083464-1
WFO ID wfo-0000808242
COL ID 5ZKRV
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Synonyms

Androcymbium eucomoides Anguillaria capensis Colchicum capense Melanthium capense Androcymbium capense Plexinium punctatum

Lower taxons

Colchicum capense subsp. ciliolatum Colchicum capense subsp. capense