Corsican timeless
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The Corsican timeless ( Colchicum corsicum ) is a species of the timeless ( Colchicum ) in the timeless family (Colchicaceae).
features
The Corsican Timeless is a perennial plant with an underground tuber. The tuber is up to 3 centimeters long, 2 centimeters thick and has a brown shell. There are usually 3 to 4 leaves . They do not appear until after flowering and are narrowly lanceolate, glabrous, up to 8 inches long and 9 (18) millimeters wide. The number of flowers is usually 1 or 2, rarely 3. The petals are 20 to 27 (40) millimeters long and 2 to 5 millimeters wide, (purple) pink in color and not patterned. The stamens have 2 to 4 (8) millimeters long filaments and 2 to 5 millimeters long yellowish anthers.
Flowering time is from September to October.
Occurrence
The Corsican timeless can be found in Corsica and possibly also in Sardinia . It grows on dry meadows over silicate rock.
supporting documents
- Ehrentraud Bayer, Karl-Peter Buttler , Xaver Finkenzeller, Jürke Grau: Plants of the Mediterranean (The Colored Nature Guide). Mosaik Verlag GmbH, Munich 1986.