Leaves : Produced after flowering, 3–5, relatively short and broad for the group, linear to lanceolate, 8–18 cm long, glabrous, forming a compact basal tuft.
الأزهار
Inflorescence & flowers : Flowers solitary or few, emerging in autumn; perianth funnel-shaped, pale lilac to pink, often with a whitish throat; tube long; segments 6, oblong; stamens 6, shorter than the perianth segments.
الثمار والبذور
Fruit : Capsule ovoid, developing at ground level among the leaves in spring; seeds numerous.
الموائل والبيئة
Habitat & elevation : Rocky slopes, open grasslands and montane clearings, often on limestone; 1000–2000 m.
Phenology : Flowers from September to November; fruiting from March to May.
الانتشار الموثق
Leb. Syr. Tur. Pal.
Lebanese distribution : Mount Lebanon range, especially in high montane zones; formerly treated as an endemic under Colchicum libanoticum .
Native range : Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Türkiye.
الارتفاع الموثق
الارتفاع
1000–2000 m
لمحة نباتية
بنية النبات
Life-form & habit : Perennial bulbous geophyte; corm ovoid, enveloped in dark brown fibrous tunics; flowering hysteranthous, with flowers appearing before the leaves.