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

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

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 undulate. 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

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s 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 Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...

Lebanon Lebanon, officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. Situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, it is bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south ...

, and

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

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

Beqaa Valley The Beqaa Valley (, ; Bekaa, Biqâ, Becaa) is a fertile valley in eastern Lebanon and its most important farming region. Industry, especially the country's agricultural industry, also flourishes in Beqaa. The region broadly corresponds to th ...

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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