Crocus nevadensis

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Crocus nevadensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Iridaceae
Genus: Crocus
Species:
C. nevadensis
Binomial name
Crocus nevadensis
Amo & Campo

Crocus nevadensis is a species of Crocus from North Africa and Spain.[1]

It is found growing in mountain meadows, scree, scrub, and open pine forests at altitudes that range from 1000 to 3000 meters; flowers occur in February to April.[2]

Plants have fimbriate, white stigmas, and the petals are sometime not marked - especially for plants found around the Sierra de Cazorla region.[2]

Under cultivation the plants are very susceptible to infections by botrytis, which attacks the faded flowers and can move into the corm and kill it.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Crocus nevadensis in Tropicos".
  2. ^ a b c Phillips, Roger (1989). The Random House book of bulbs. Martyn Rix, Brian Mathew. New York: Random House. p. 19. ISBN 0-679-72756-6. OCLC 19922564.

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