Colchicum lusitanum Brot.

Colchique (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Liliales > Colchicaceae > Colchicum

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite deciduous herb. It grows 0.1-0.5m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 6-9
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-10

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 18
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Flower

Colchicum lusitanum flower picture by Fabienne fehrenbach (cc-by-sa)
Colchicum lusitanum flower picture by Emanuele Santarelli (cc-by-sa)
Colchicum lusitanum flower picture by Jérôme Careglio (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Colchicum lusitanum world distribution map, present in Algeria, Spain, Italy, Morocco, Portugal, and Tunisia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:533332-1
WFO ID wfo-0000763949
COL ID 5ZKCK
BDTFX ID 84600
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Colchicum actupii Colchicum texedense Colchicum algeriense Colchicum byzantinum Colchicum levieri Colchicum fharii Colchicum autumnale subsp. algeriense Colchicum autumnale var. castrovillarense Colchicum bivonae var. lusitanum Colchicum autumnale var. gibraltaricum Colchicum autumnale var. algeriense Colchicum autumnale var. fritillatum Colchicum fharii subsp. gibraltaricum Colchicum lusitanum