| Crocus alatavicus | |
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| Crocus alatavicus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Iridaceae |
| Genus: | Crocus |
| Species: | C. alatavicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Crocus alatavicus Regel & Semen. | |
Crocus alatavicus is a species of flowering plant in the genus Crocus of the family Iridaceae. It is a cormous perennial native to Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Xinjiang.
Description
Crocus alatavicus is a herbaceous perennial geophyte growing from a corm. The medium-sized corm has a tunic with parallel fibers. The narrow leaves number 8 to 20 and are short during flowering. The white flowers have gray to black-violet spotting on the outside surfaces. The flower throats are yellow and so are the anthers. The stigma is yellow to orange.
Crocus alatavicus is found growing in the mountains among stones and in scrub, often in association with Colchicum luteum; flowering occurs in February to May depending on the altitude.
Plants are easy to grow in a bulb frame if the soil remains dry during summer. It is winter hardy to USDA zone 4.
References
- "Crocus alatavicus Regel & Semen. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
- ^ Jelitto, Leo (1990). Hardy herbaceous perennials. Wilhelm Schacht, Michael E. Epp, John Philip Baumgardt, Alfred Fessler. Portland, Or.: Timber Press. p. 168. ISBN 0-88192-159-9. OCLC 20012412.
- ^ 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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