Colchicum is merry , or Colchicum is bright ( Latin Cōlchicum laētum ) is a perennial herbaceous plant, a species of the genus Colchicum ( Colchicum ) of the Colchicaceae family.
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 General view of a flowering plant. Stavropol region | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Colchicum laetum steven | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distribution and Ecology
The species range covers the Ciscaucasia , the lower reaches of the Volga and Don . Endemic .
It grows in meadows and steppes.
Botanical Description
The bulb is ovoid, rather large, with a diameter of about 3 cm. The vagina is leathery, black-brown, elongated into a rather long, thin tube.
Leaves , including four, reed, pale green, lower blunt, wider than the others, upper sharp.
The flowers are quite large, including one - three, pale lilac or purple, tepals lanceolate or elliptical, up to 4 cm long, dull. Stamens almost half as long as tepals; anthers linear, yellow, up to 6-8 cm long; the columns are very thin, filiform, almost straight, sometimes slightly thicker at the apex, and barely bent, many times larger than the stamens.
Capsule ovate, up to 2 cm long, on a very short stalk, obtuse at the base, pointed at the apex.
It blooms in August - September. Fruits in April.
Taxonomy
Species Colchicum merry belongs to the genus Colchicum ( Colchicum ) of the colchicum family ( Colchicaceae ) of the order Liliales .
| 9 more families (according to APG II System ) | more than 100 species | ||||||||||||
| order lily | clan Colchicum | ||||||||||||
| Realm Flowering, or Angiosperms | Colchicum family | view Colchicum fun | |||||||||||
| 44 more orders of flowering plants (according to the APG II System ) | another 21 clans | ||||||||||||
Notes
- ↑ For the conventionality of indicating the class of monocotyledons as a superior taxon for the plant group described in this article, see the APG Systems section of the Monocotyledonous article .
Literature
- Chernyakovskaya, E. G. Rod 260. Colchicum, Autumnal - Colchicum L. // Flora of the USSR : 30 vol . ed. V.L. Komarov . - L .: Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR , 1935. - T. 4 / ed. volumes V. L. Komarov. - S. 29 .-- 760, XXX p. - 5175 copies.
Links
- Colchicum vivid : information on the taxon in the Plantarium project (identifier of plants and an illustrated atlas of species). (Retrieved January 21, 2015)