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Autumn crocus

Colchicum bivonae

Photo by Jopy
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Field Notes

Description:

This species has a large bowl-shaped flower with heavily tessellated tepals. The tepals can be rounded or pointed and are rosy-purple in colour. It flowers in the autumn and the leaves and seeds are produced the next spring.

Habitat:

NP Paklenica, oak and beech forest

Species ID Suggestions

Colchicum bivonae

Colchicum bivonae

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KostasZontanos
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Comments (5)
Jopy
Thank you, Kostas :)
Jopy
Thank you, guys! It's Crocus sp., I will try to find the ID at species level :)
Ahmed Mujcinovic
Jel mrazovac u pitanju ili? Mislim liči na mrazovac samo je manje intenzivno obojen.

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PublishedSeptember 22, 2014

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