رومولية زعفرانية

الوصف النباتي

الأوراق

Leaves: Narrow, grooved, 10–30 cm long, with long sheathing bases and blades curving backward.

الأزهار

Inflorescence & flowers: The lower spathe is herbaceous with a narrow scarious margin; the upper is translucent and scarious except along its keel. Flowers have a yellow throat extending up the segments, whose upper parts may be pale lilac, blue, pink or white. Perianth segments are 12–30 mm long, commonly about 20 mm. Anthers are yellow or white, shorter than the style.

الثمار والبذور

Fruit: Blunt, oval-oblong capsule.

مواسم النبات

الفنلوجية

Phenology: Flowering from late December to April, or later in the mountains.

الانتشار الموثق

Lebanese distribution: Saida, Cap Sahre, Khalde, Borj Brajne, Beirut, Ras Beirut, Jounieh, Tripoli, Skandaroune, Qaitoule–Jezzine, Joun, Deir Moukhalles, Abey, Antoura, Ras el Metn, Barsaf, Bikfaya, Ghosta, Ghazir, Towmat Jezzine, Nahr Safa, Nebaa Barouk, Mdeirej, Baskinta, Jourd Tannourine, Kneisse, the Cedars, Rmaiche, Zahle, Taanayel, Menges, Qoubbayat, Fraikeh, Bqaatouta and Bherdok.

Syrian distribution: Banias–Tartous, Safita, Haffe–Slenfe, Slenfe, signal Rouadi, Ain Haramiye, near Kessab, Wadi el Qarn, Jdeidet Yabous, Homs, Soueida–Sale, Er Raha, Bedouins Spring, Hamme, north of Qneitra and Khisfine.

Native range: Albania, Algeria, Bulgaria, Corse, East Aegean Is., France, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, NW. Balkan Pen., Palestine, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Tunisia, Türkiye.

Introduced into: Great Britain.

لمحة نباتية

بنية النبات

Life-form & habit: Perennial with a corm enclosed in brown, leathery, cracked tunics. Slender flowering stems, erect or bent, are shorter than the leaves and bear 1–6 flowers.

دورة الحياة

معمرة

الفصيلة والتصنيف

الاسم العلمي المقبول

Romulea bulbocodium

الفصيلة

السوسنية

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كركم

Crocus hyemalis Boiss. & Blanche

سوسن الناصرة

Iris bismarckiana Dammann & Sprenger

سوسن اسمانجوني

Iris florentina

سوسن متفاخر

Iris histrio