Crocus minimus Redouté

Petit Crocus (fr), Petit crocus (fr), Crocus tout petit (fr), Crocus minime (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Iridaceae > Crocus

Characteristics

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

Environment

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

Usage

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

Cultivation

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

Images

Crocus minimus unspecified picture

Distribution

Crocus minimus world distribution map, present in France and Italy

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:436611-1
WFO ID wfo-0000788744
COL ID ZKXW
BDTFX ID 19890
INPN ID 93243
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Ixia elongata Romulea elongata Crocus insularis Crocus minimus Trichonema elongatum Bulbocodium elongatum Crocus nanus Trichonema bulbocodium var. elongatum Crocus insularis var. medius Crocus insularis var. geminiflorus Crocus insularis var. minimus