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Crocus gargaricus

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Crocus gargaricus
Crocus gargaricus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Iridaceae
Genus: Crocus
Species:
C. gargaricus
Binomial name
Crocus gargaricus
Herb.
Synonyms
  • Crocus aureus E.D.Clarke

Crocus gargaricus is a species of flowering plant in the genus Crocus of the family Iridaceae. It is a cormous perennial native to Turkey.[1]

Crocus gargaricus grows only on Kaz Dag, also known as Mount Ida. The rarity in its cultivation is due to its being recently recognized as its own distinct flowering plant.[2]

Description

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Crocus gargaricus is a herbaceous perennial geophyte growing from a corm. It is a small crocus species with bright yellow (occasionally lemon yellow) to orange flowers that commonly has orange, three branched, styles.[3] The corms are small with finely netted, fibrous tunics. Corms produce three or four leaves, about 2mm wide, that emerge from the soil about the same time flowering occurs.[4] Flowering occurs from February to March. Plants reproduce quickly, forming many short stolons that generate new corms.[4]

Habitat

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Crocus gargaricus grows in damp pasture and open pine woodlands at an elevation range of 1200 to 2300 meters.[3] Often found near snow melt in mountain meadows with peaty soils, growing with Pinus nigra ssp. pallasiana and Abies nordmanniana ssp. bornmuelleria.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Crocus gargaricus Herb. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
  2. ^ "Crocus gargaricus". Retrieved April 28, 2024.
  3. ^ a b Ruksans, Janis (2011-01-12). Crocuses: A Complete Guide to the Genus. Timber Press. ISBN 978-1-60469-106-1.
  4. ^ a b c Jelitto, Leo (1990). Hardy herbaceous perennials. Wilhelm Schacht, Michael E. Epp, John Philip Baumgardt, Alfred Fessler. Portland, Or.: Timber Press. p. 170. ISBN 0-88192-159-9. OCLC 20012412.