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Colchicum longipes (Baker) J.C.Manning & Vinn.

Species

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Characteristics

Acaulescent, cormous geophyte 0.06-0.25 m high; underground neck ± 40 mm long. Leaves spreading, narrowly lanceolate, channelled, 100-200 mm long. Flowers 1-3(9) in a terminal capitulum, enclosed in leaf-like bracts; tepals with claws 10-35 mm long, blades auriculate and cupped below, 9-15 mm long. Stamens: filaments 5-6 mm long; anthers oblong. Ovary with 3 subulate style bases; styles ± as long as ovary. Flowering time Apr.-Jan.
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Cormous, acaulescent geophyte, up to 250 mm high. Leaves in a basal rosette, spreading; blade narrowly ovate, up to 440 mm long, channelled, grading into bracts. Flowers: enclosed in green and white bracts; stamens twice as long as perianth limbs; perianth with blade 8.519.0 mm long, concave at base, blade much shorter than claw, 10.5-35.0 mm long, dull white; Jun.-Aug.
Soft cormous herb, sessile, with leaves and bracts keeled. Proper leaves 4, lanceolate-acuminate, up to 300 mm long. Tepal blades less than half as long as claw. Flowers maroon.
Acaulescent, cormous geophyte. Leaves spreading, narrowly lanceolate, channelled. Flowers enclosed in leaf-like, green bracts, tepals with very long claws, auriculate below.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.16 - 0.25
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 7-8
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Ear (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 30 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 18
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Colchicum longipes world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77083493-1
WFO ID wfo-0000808277
COL ID 5ZKCJ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Androcymbium longipes Colchicum longipes
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