Colchicum eucomoides (Jacq.) J.C.Manning & Vinn.

Species

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Characteristics

Acaulescent, cormous geophyte. Leaves 3-5, lanceolate-attenuate, lower 2-4 spreading, thin-textured, 100-200 x 15-40 mm, margins smooth, uppermost curved and erect, bract-like; bracts ovate to suborbicular. Flowers 2-5, pedicellate, green, tepal claw 5-7 mm long, blade auriculate-cucullate, 5-10 mm long; filaments 5-9 mm long, anthers 3-5 mm long; styloids 6-10 mm long. Aug.-Sept.(Oct.).
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Acaulescent, cormous geophyte. Leaves lanceolate-attenuate, prostrate. Flowers enclosed in greenish leaf-like bracts, tepals auriculate below.
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 eucomoides world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77083479-1
WFO ID wfo-0000808260
COL ID WXC5
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Synonyms

Androcymbium eucomoides Colchicum eucomoides Cymbanthes foetida Melanthium eucomoides