Crocus olivieri J. Gay Hırçın Çiğdem (in Turkish)

Crocus olivieri J. Gay - Hırçın Çiğdem (in Turkish)

Scientific Description:

Corm tunic membranous, splitting at base into coarse parallel fibres, or wholly and coarsely fibrous. Leaves 1−4(−5), synanthous, (1.5−)2−5(−7) mm broad. Prophyll absent. Bracteole present, equal to or slightly smaller than bract. Throat of perianth yellow, glabrous or pubescent; segments 1.5−3.5 × 0.4−1.2 cm, obtuse to subacute, yellow to orange-yellow, outer ones sometimes striped or suffused brownish or purplish outside. Filaments 3−7 mm, yellow, glabrous; anthers 6−15 mm, yellow. Style dividing into 6−15 slender yellow to orange branches.

 

Flowering time: February−April.

Habitat: Open rocky or grassy places, in light woodland, 500−1400 m.

 

subsp. olivieri

Exterior of perianth segments usually unmarked; style divided into c. 6 branches.

 

Reference:
Mathew B (1984). Crocus olivieri Gay, In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 8: 427.

Public Description:

Crocus olivieri subsp. olivieri, known as “hırçın çiğdem” in Turkish, is distributed in Türkiye, Macedonia, Southeast Romania, South Bulgaria, Albania and Greece. It is a herbaceous cormous perennial plant with yellowish-orange flowers. It has thin and strip-like leaves between 1−5 on the base. It blooms between February and April, and is found in rocky or grassy places, in light woodland.

 

References:

Anonymous (2016). http://www.tubives.com/index.php?sayfa=1&tax_id=9404/, Accessed date: 14.02.2016.

Yüzbaşıoğlu S İ (2012). Crocus L. In: Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.), Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul, pp. 530–534.