Early spring timeless
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Colchicum szovitsii subsp. brachyphyllum |
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The early spring timeless or Szovits timeless ( Colchicum szovitsii ) is a type of plant from the genus of the timeless ( Colchicum ) in the family of the timeless plants (Colchicaceae).
features
The early spring timeless is a perennial tuber that reaches heights of 3 to 10 centimeters. The mostly 2, rarely 3 leaves are bare and measure 1 to 13 × 0.4 to 3 centimeters at flowering time, later they reach up to 10 to 30 × 0.7 to 4.5 centimeters. The 1 to 7 flowers are white or light pink to lilac pink. The perigone lobes measure 20 to 39 (rarely from 16) × 5 to 10 (rarely 2 to 12.5) millimeters and usually have small ears at the base. The anthers are pale yellow to black-violet.
The flowering period extends from February to April, possibly also to May.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 18.
Occurrence
The early spring timeless can be found in the Northeast Balkans, Turkey, Northeast Iraq, Transcaucasia, North, West and Central Iran and Turkmenia. It often grows in very large stands on moist alpine meadows, on patches of snow, on stream banks and in swampy depressions at altitudes of 200 to 3600 meters.
Systematics
One can distinguish between two subspecies:
- Colchicum szovitsii subsp. brachyphyllum (Boiss. & Hausskn.) K. Perss. : It occurs from southern Turkey to northwestern Jordan.
- Colchicum szovitsii subsp. szovitsii : It occurs from eastern Bulgaria to Iran.
use
The early spring timeless is rarely used as an ornamental plant for rock gardens.
literature
- 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
- ^ Tropicos. [1]
- ↑ a b c Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Colchicum szovitsii. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved June 29, 2018.
