Colchicum crispum (Schinz) J.C.Manning & Vinn.

Species

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Characteristics

Acaulescent, cormous geophyte, usually clumped. Leaves 3, lower 2 spreading, narrowly lanceolate, margins crispulate, thickened and cartilaginous, coarsely fringed with simple or branched, brown bristles, uppermost leaf suberect, ovate-lanceolate, white with green reticulations in lower half; bracts ovate, white or flushed green apically, margins smooth or sparsely ciliate, keels brown-bristly apically. Flowers 2 or 3, tepal claw 7-10 mm long, blade auriculate-cucullate, 6-9 mm long; filaments slightly longer than blades, green or purple, 8-11 mm long, anthers ±2 mm long; styloids 6-11 mm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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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 crispum world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77083473-1
WFO ID wfo-0000808252
COL ID WXBD
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Synonyms

Androcymbium crispum Colchicum crispum Androcymbium pritzelianum