Crocus kotschyanus K.Koch

Crocus de Kotschy (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Iridaceae > Crocus

Characteristics

A bulb plant. It grows 8-8 cm high and 2.5-5 cm wide. The corms are large and curiously irregular. The flowers are produced before the leaves appear. The flower has a pale mauve tube with mauve segments and dark purple veining. It has bright orange spots around a yellow throat.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1
Mature height (meter) 0.3
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a cool temperate plant. It is frost hardy. It suits hardiness zones 6-7.
More
Scrub and rocky places, 500-2600 metres.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 4-6
Soil acidity 3-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-7

Usage

The bulbs are cooked and eaten.
Uses -
Edible roots
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 180
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 18
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -29
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Crocus kotschyanus unspecified picture

Distribution

Crocus kotschyanus world distribution map, present in Turks and Caicos Islands

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:436580-1
WFO ID wfo-0000788710
COL ID ZKWS
BDTFX ID 19843
INPN ID 93232
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Crocus kotschyanus Crocus zonatus Crocus kotschyi Crocus kotschyanus subsp. kotschyanus