Liliaceae

M. kurdica Bomm. in BulL Herb. Boiss. 7:79 (1899). Syn: Colchicum kurdicum (Bomm.) Stef., Monogr. Colchicum 42 (1926)!
Corm oblong-ovoid, 2-4 x 1.5-2 cm; outer tunics mid-brown, membranous with a short neck 1-3 cm; innermost tunic pale brown. Leaves 3, lanceolate to narrowly lanceolate, 4-10(-12) x 1.8-3 cm at anthesis, to 17 x 3 cm at maturity, acute, greyish-green, glabrous. Flowers l(-2), pale to deep purple. Limb of perianth segments oblanceolate to narrowly oblanceolate, 30-35 x (5-)10 mm, acute, base auriculate. Filaments to 8(-9) mm; anthers yellow, 3-4 x 1 mm. Capsule ellipsoid, 20-30 mm. Fl. 5-7, Alpine steppe by melting snow, 1800-3000 m.
Type: [Iraq] Riwandous, in alpe Helgurd, prope nives deliquescentes, 3100 m, 26 vi 1893, Bornmüller 1840 (holo. JE? iso. K!).
SJE. Anatolia. B9 Van: û. Şatak, Kavuşşahap Da., 3000 m, D. 23137İ C9 Hakkari: Hakkari to Uludere, Süvari Halil pass, 2100 m, Güner 1671! CIO Hakkari: Sat Da. above Yüksekova, 2700 m, Duncan & Tait 22 (fr.!) Şemdinli, Kepenek köyü, 1800 m, T. Baytop (İSTE 26061)! N. Iraq. İr .-T ur. element.

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