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Foliage
Flowering
Fruits
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Distribution

Family

Additional Names

Hebrew with Vowels:
רוֹמוּלֵאָה צִידוֹנִית
English:
Phoenician Romulea
Previously Used Name:
Romulea phoenicia Mouterde

Characteristics and identification

  • perianth plain purple, darker than in other local Romulea species

    perianth plain purple, darker than in other local Romulea species

  • perianth purple, grows in Mediterranean scrub and pine forests

    perianth purple, grows in Mediterranean scrub and pine forests

Life form (Raunkiaer):
geophyte
Spinescence:
absent
Succulence:
non-succulent
Summer Shedding:
ephemeral
Petal or tepal color:
violet
Sexuality and Reproductive Morphology:
Flowers hermaphrodite only
Sporangia or Seed Homogeneity:
Homogeneous seeds-fruits
Leaf arrangement:
rosette
Leaf Type:
entire
Leaf or leaflet margin:
smooth
Stipule:
absent
Deciduousness:
Habitat:
Batha, Phrygana
Drought Resistence:
Salt Resistance:
glycophyte
Synanthrop:
obligate natural
Chorotype:
Mediterranean
Drought Resistence2:

Taxonomy

Superdivision:
Spermatophyta
Division:
Angiospermae
Class:
Monocotyledoneae
Family:
Iridaceae
Genus:
Romulea