''Colchicum szovitsii'' subsp. ''brachyphyllum'',

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''Colchicum brachyphyllum'', is a subspecies of ''

Colchicum szovitsii ''Colchicum szovitsii'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Colchicaceae, native from eastern Bulgaria to northwestern Jordan and Iran. It was first described in 1835. Subspecies , two subspecies are recognized: * ''Colchicum sz ...

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Nomenclature

The subspecies name ''hrachyphyllum'' is formed from the Greek ''brakhus'', short, and ''phullon'' leaf.

Characteristics

It is a perennial. Its corm is oval and 1–2 cm long. Its leaves are short at flowering time, eventually reaching 12 cm long over 2.5–3 cm wide, slightly

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. Its flowers are numerous, white, pinkish white, or regular pink; tube rather thick. Its

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s are elliptico-lanceolate, lengthily tapered at base, more briefly at the apex, 2–3 cm long, 3–6 mm wide. Its stamens have brown anthers and

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s thickened at the base.

Seasonality

The plant flowers from January to June.

Range and habitat

The plant grows in Syria,

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, and

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. It grows abundantly near the melting snow of the middle and upper mountains of the

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* * {{Taxonbar, from1=Q51077996, from2=Q28185283 szovitsii subsp. brachyphyllum Flora of Lebanon and Syria Flora of Turkey Taxa named by Pierre Edmond Boissier Taxa named by Heinrich Carl Haussknecht Plants described in 1882