Alpine autumn crops

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Alpine autumn crops
Alpine autumn crocus (Colchicum alpinum)

Alpine autumn crocus ( Colchicum alpinum )

Systematics
Class : Bedecktsamer (Magnoliopsida)
Monocots
Order : Lily-like (Liliales)
Family : Timeless plants (Colchicaceae)
Genre : Timeless ( Colchicum )
Type : Alpine autumn crops
Scientific name
Colchicum alpinum
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The alpine autumn timeless ( Colchicum alpinum ) is a plant species from the genus of the timeless ( Colchicum ) in the family of the timeless plants (Colchicaceae).

The common name Schneekaterl is also used for the Lungau region .

features

Sprout with flower bud

The alpine autumn crocus is a perennial tuber that reaches heights of growth of 5 to 8 centimeters.

In spring, 2 to 3 leaves , measuring 8 to 15 × 0.2 to 1.4 centimeters, come to the fore with the 15 to 20 millimeter capsule from the 1 to 2.5 × 1 to 1.5 centimeters measuring tuber.

The 1 to 2 flowers are narrow, bell-shaped to funnel-shaped. The anthers are 2 to 3 millimeters long. The perigone tips are narrowly lanceolate, purple-pink and sometimes white. The scar is punctiform. The flowering period extends from July to September.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 54 or approx. 120.

Occurrence

The alpine autumn crocus occurs in the Alps (France, Italy and Southwest Switzerland), the Apennines , Corsica and Sicily on dry, lime-poor mountain meadows at altitudes of 600 to 2000 meters.

  • Colchicum alpinum , La Bérarde , Oisans

  • Inside of Colchicum alpinum , Val Ferret

  • Colchicum alpinum in a collection garden

  • Leaves in spring

  • Seed pod in spring

use

The alpine autumn crocus is rarely used as an ornamental plant.

supporting documents

literature

  • Anthony Huxley: Fleurs de montagne (French version: Luc Brunerye). Fernand Nathan, Paris 1973.
  • Thomas Gaskell Tutin et al. (Ed.): Flora Europaea. Volume 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1980, ISBN 0-521-20108-X .
  • Leo Jellito, Wilhelm Schacht: Hardy Herbaceous Perennial , Timber Press, Inc., Portland Oregon 1995, ISBN 0-88192-159-9 .
  • Christopher Gray-Wilson, Marjorie Blamey: Bergflora van Europa (Dutch implementation: Peter Heukels), Tirion Uitgevers bv, Baarn 2003, ISBN 90-5210-488-3 .
  • Eckehart J. Jäger, Friedrich Ebel, Peter Hanelt, Gerd K. Müller (eds.): Rothmaler excursion flora from Germany. Volume 5: Herbaceous ornamental and useful plants . Spectrum Academic Publishing House, Berlin Heidelberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8274-0918-8 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Georg August Pritzel , Carl Jessen : The German folk names of plants. New contribution to the German linguistic treasure. Philipp Cohen, Hannover 1882, page 105. ( online ).
  2. ↑ Flora Europaea, Volume 5, p. 23
  3. ↑ a b c Jellito and Schacht, p. 154
  4. ↑ Flora Italiana on-line - Colchicum alpinum
  5. ^ Tropicos
  6. ↑ Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Colchicum alpinum. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved June 28, 2018.
  7. ^ A. Huxley, p. 172
  8. ^ Gray-Wilson and Blamey, p. 322

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