DIPCADI SEROTINUM
Author:
Friedrich Kasimir Medikus, 1790
Family:
HYACINTHACEAE
Origin:
Algeria, Baleares, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canary Islands, Croatia, France, Gulf States, India, Kosovo, Libya, Montenegro, Morocco, Nepal, North Macedonia, Oman, Pakistan, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Tunisia, West Himalaya, Western Sahara
Elevation:
Publisher:
Hist. & Commentat. Acad. Elect. Sci. Theod.-Palat. 6: 431 (1790)
Collection number:
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Thickness:
2 Centimetres
Height:
12 Centimetres
Propagate:
Seeds/Bulbs
CITES:
Synonyms:
Dipcadi serotinum var. fulvum, Ball.
Agraphis serotina, Heynh.
Hyacinthus lividus, Pers.
Hyacinthus serotinus L.
Lachenalia serotina, Willd.
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This member of the Hyacinthaceae family was described by Friedrich Kasimir Medikus in 1790. It is found in Algeria, Baleares, Canary Islands, France, Gulf States, India, Libya, Morocco, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Tunisia, West Himalaya, Western Sahara and Yugoslavia, growing in a well drained soil with some water and some sun. The bulb will grow to two centimetres in diameter, the leaves to 12 centimetres in length. The flower up to 20 centimetres in height and it is green and white to pink.
The genera name from the Turkish name for the musk hyacinth. The species name means 'late in the year', blooming in autumn. *) Accordantly to the latest taxonomic system; APG IV 2016, Hyacinthaceae is now part of the Asparagaceae. An exposed bulb from Saudi Arabia. Photo from Universitat de les IllesBalerns.
Flower
Green / White - Pale Pink
Soil
Mix - Grit
Water
Medium
Sun
Medium
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