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Romulea ramiflora (Sand Crocus (branched)) |
Romulea ramiflora (IRIDACEAE.)
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands at or after year 2000. |
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| Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Romulea ramiflora Tenore
Published in Ten., App. Ind. Sem. Horti Neap. 1827: 3 (1827) | Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.) |
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Plant Family : | Iridaceae
Juss. (The Iris Family)
20 species from the Iridaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands. | English name(s) : | Sand Crocus (branched) | Maltese name(s) : | Żagħfran tal-blat komuni | Status for Malta : | Indigenous. Present on the Maltese islands before man | Frequency : | Very Common
Common Frequent Scarce Rare
Very rare Extinct
| Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: GEOPHYTE (bearing underground bulbs, rhizomes, stolons, etc.)
Germination [info]: Monocotyledon | Legal Protection [link]: | Not Protected by Law (LN200/2011 or LN311/2006) | Red List (1989) : | Not listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands | Flowering Time : | Feb-Mar | Colour of Flowers: | Violet | Remarks : | |
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| Species Description and Distribution |
Habitat in Europe: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Steppe, low garigue, clearings and footpaths in rocky areas and exposed rocky ground near the coast. |
Botanical Description: |
Basal leaves 2, 6-30 cm x 0.75-1.5 mm, erect or recurved. Cauline leaves up to 4(-6), one on lower part of scape, the others more or less terminal. Scape usually below ground at anthesis, later up to 30 cm, 1- to 4(-6)flowered. Pedicels elongating after flowering to up to 10 cm.Flowers lilac-blue, sometimes with darker veins, sometimes pinkish inside, yellow-green outside; throat white or yellow. Bract 1-2.2 cm, herbaceous, strongly veined. Bracteole with a hyaline margin. Perianth 1-3 cm, the tube 2.5-7 mm; segments oblanceolate or oblanceolate-elliptical, acute. Anthers reaching about 2/3 of the way up the segments. Stigmas just below or just above the top of the anthers. Capsule 1.2-1.6 cm, cylindrical to oblong. |
Chromosome number: |
2n=36 |
Distributional range: |
Mediterranean region, Portugal. |
Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):
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Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
the Balaeric Islands, Corse, Crete, France (incl. Monaco and Channel Islands but excluding Corse), Greece, Spain (incl. Andorra but excl. the Balaerics), Italy (excl. Sicily and Sardignia), Portugal, Sardinia, Sicily and/or Malta, Turkey (European part) |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) -
Country codes |
AE(G) Ag Bl Co Cr Cy Ga Gr Hs It Li Lu Ma Sa Si Tn Tu(A E) |
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