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Feinbrun's colchicum

Colchicum feinbruniae

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Field Notes

Description:

A beautiful autumn crocus, endemic to N Israel, Syria and Lebanon. It was named after the late Prof. Naomi Feinbrun, one of Israel's greatest botanists and a world specialist of bulbs. It has autumnal tessellated flowers. Leaves blunt, occur after blooming.

Habitat:

rocky sunny places

Notes:

protected in Israel

Reference Links:

אתר הצמחים בסכנת הכחדה בישראל סִתְוָונִית הַתַּשְׁבֵּץ

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