Iridaceae

Crocus vallicola

Crocus L. Crocus vallicola HERBERT Ömür: Çok yıllık Yapı: ot Hayat formu: İlk çiçeklenme zamanı: 8 Son çiçeklenme zamanı: 10 Habitat: alpin ve subalpin çayırlıklar Minimum yükseklik: 900 Maksimum yükseklik: 2000 Endemik: - Element: Karadeniz Türkiye dağılımı: KD. Anadolu Genel dağılımı: Gürcistan Bulunduğu kareler:A7 A8

C. valicola Herbert in Bot. Reg. 31: Misc. 2 (1845). Ic: Bot. Reg. 33: t. 16 f. 3 (1847); Bot. Mag. 174: n.s. t. 424 (1963). Map 63.   Corm tunic thinly membranous with fibres parallel at base, weakly reticulate at apex. Leaves 3-5, hysteranthous, 1.5-2.5 mm broad. Prophyll present. Bracteole absent. Throat of perianth pubescent, white; segments 3.5-6 x 0.7-1.6 cm, acuminate, white, each with 2 yellow spots inside near base, often veined purple. Filaments 0.7-1.2 cm, white, glabrous; anthers 0.9-2.1 cm, creamy-white. Style dividing into 3 short pale yellow branches, each fimbriate or shortly lobed. 2n = 8. Fl. 8-10. Alpine turf and subalpine meadows, 900-2000(-3000) m.   Syntypes: [Turkey A7 Trabzon] in convalle monticulosa alpium Trapezun-ticarum ad pedes vallis orientalis summae in monte Koulak Dagh dicto, ab hospitio primo in cacumine plus horae unius itineris spatio a pago Sraurosdicto accedenti, x 1843, Kotschy;ibid,, x 1844, Cartwright.   N.E. Anatolia. A7 Trabzon: Hamsiköy, 2000 m, Balls 2029! Gümü§ane/ Trabzon: Zigana pass, 1900 m, T. Baytop (ISTE 31149)! A8 Gâmüşane/ Trabzon: Soğanli pass, 3000 m(?), Furse 4106! Erzurum: Tatos Da., Kaçkar Da., Kayran De., 2000 m, Watson et al. 2327! Rize: Djimil(Çimil), 2300 m, Bal. 1866:1532! Çoruh: Genya above Artvin, i 700 m, Guichaxd TUR/162/60!   Georgia. Euxine element. C. yallicola is known to hybridise in the wild with C. scharojanii, producing intermediates with cream or pale yellow flowers, e.g. A8 Gümüşane/Trabzon: Soğanlı pass, Marr 143 (photo K!). Two of these hybrids have been described from the Caucasus as C. vallicola Herbert var. intermedia Yabrova and C. scharojanii Rupr. var. flavus Lipsky.