Woodland crocus
Crocus tommasinianus
Location in Kew 4
Princess Walk
Description 5
It is a cormousperennial of the Crocusgenus in the Iridaceae family with a lilac flower, and is one of the smaller of the cultivated species. It has slender flowers about 2–4 cm (1–2 in) long, with white perianth tubes, petals (6) pale silvery lilac to reddish purple, while the outer petals may be overlaid with silver and darker tips. A variant, C. tommasinianus f. albus, is white. Its cultivars are used as ornamental plants. Height: 3 in (76 mm)
It naturalises easily earning an official recognition as a weed. It is often planted in large drifts in gardens and parks.
This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
Fuentes y créditos
- (c) AnneTanne, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), http://www.flickr.com/photos/78746377@N00/3316395134
- (c) Peter aka anemoneprojectors - camera busted!, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/anemoneprojectors/4440514883/
- (c) Ghislain118, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Crocus_tommasinianus_'Lilac_Beauty'_1.JPG
- (c) consci2014, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA)
- (c) Wikipedia, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crocus_tommasinianus
Más información
- NaturaLista página del taxón
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- BOLD Systems BIN search
- eFloras.org
- Flora of North America (beta)
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- Go Botany
- HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
- IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
- Maryland Biodiversity Project
- NatureServe Explorer 2.0
- NBN Atlas
- OregonFlora.org
- SEINet Symbiota portals
- Tropicos
- USDA PLANTS database
- VASCAN by Canadensys
- World Flora Online
