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Colchicum exiguum (Roessler) J.C.Manning & Vinn.

Species

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Characteristics

Acaulescent, cormous geophyte. Leaves 3-5(-10), suberect, linear-lanceolate, tapering or curled inwards, base sheathing, margins minutely denticulate, 30-120 x 2-4(-8) mm; bracts foliar, base stem-clasping, under surface papillate. Flowers 1 or 2(-4), tepal claw 5-7 mm long, blade lanceolate, green, 5-8 mm long; filaments basally pulvinate, purple, 1-2 mm long; styloids 2-5 mm long, papillate. Capsules strongly exserted at dehiscence, pedicels elongating up to 50-80 mm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Soil texture 7-8
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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 exiguum world distribution map, present in Namibia and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77083482-1
WFO ID wfo-0000808262
COL ID WXC7
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Synonyms

Androcymbium exiguum Colchicum exiguum Androcymbium exiguum subsp. exiguum

Lower taxons

Colchicum exiguum subsp. vogelii
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