Little crocus
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Crocus chrysanthus 'Zwanenburg Bronze' |
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The Small crocus ( Crocus chrysanthus ), also Balkan Krokus called, is a plant of the genus of the crocus ( Crocus ).
features
The small crocus is a perennial tuber geophyte that reaches heights of 4 to 10 centimeters. The tuberous shell is membranous. At the bottom it is split into rings that can be toothed or with entire margins. The Perigonzipfel measure 15–35 × 5–11 millimeters and are pointed to blunt. They are colored pale yellow to orange-yellow, more rarely creamy white. Sometimes their outside is striped or overflowing with purple or bronze tones.
The flowering time is in March, rarely it lasts from February to April.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 8, 10, 12, 18, 19, 20.
Occurrence
The small crocus occurs in the Balkans, in south-east Romania and in south, central and north-west Turkey. The species grows on short-grass, dry slopes, in open coniferous forests and in bushes at altitudes from 0 to 2200 meters.
use
The small crocus has been a cultivated plant since around 1841. It is widely used as an ornamental plant in rock gardens and borders, such as cultivars and hybrids with Crocus aerius and subspecies of the two- flowered crocus in different colors.
'Blue Pearl'
'Cream Beauty'
'EA Bowles'
'Gipsy Girl'
'Goldilocks'
'Prins Claus'
'Romance'
'Skyline'
'Skyline'
'Snow Bunting'
'Snow Bunting'
supporting documents
- 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 .