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Crocus jablanicensis

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Crocus jablanicensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Iridaceae
Genus: Crocus
Species:
C. jablanicensis
Binomial name
Crocus jablanicensis
Randjel. & V.Randjel.

Crocus jablanicensis is a species of flowering plant in the genus Crocus of the family Iridaceae. It is a cormous perennial native from eastern Albania to western north Macedonia.[1]

Description

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Crocus jablanicensis is a herbaceous perennial geophyte growing from a flattened-subglobose corm that maybe 0.7 to 1 cm in diameter. The corms have papery tunics with thin fibers. Plants have 2 or 3 leaves but occasionally 4, and they are produced at the same time the flowers are. During flowering the 1 to 2.2 mm wide leaves are shorter than the flowers. The unscented, white, flowers are typically solitary or rarely produced two per corm. The flowers have white throats and the perianth tube is 3 to 5 cm long. The white flower filaments are 0.7 to 0.9 cm long. The yellow anthers are 0.6 to 0.8 cm long. The white style is much longer than the anthers, with 3 branches with frilled ends. The 1 to 1.7 cm long fruits are an ellipsoid capsule. The roundish, reddish-brown to dark brown seeds have a distinct raphe.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Crocus jablanicensis Randjel. & V.Randjel. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
  2. ^ Ranđelović, Novica; Ranđelović, Vladimir; Hristovski, Nikola (2012). "Crocus jablanicensis (Iridaceae), a new species from the Republic of Macedonia, Balkan Peninsula". Annales Botanici Fennici. 49 (1/2): 99–102. doi:10.5735/085.049.0116. ISSN 0003-3847. JSTOR 23728141. S2CID 84237883.