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Androcymbium gramineum is a winter bloooming, cormous plant, originating in Morocco and S Spain.
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"This note is dedicated to Viviane Faguay "porteplume", there is no need to be so impolite, I was going to add this note anyway.
Androcymbium gramineum is a winter bloooming, cormous plant, originating in Morocco and S Spain. Only very few species of this genus crossed the sahara and occur around the Mediterranean."
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Androcymbium gramineum is found in north Africa, in desert and arid Mediterranean conditions.
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Androcymbium longipes is a South African bulb, grwoing in stony grasslands.
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Androcymbium longipes is a South African bulb, grwoing in stony grasslands.
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This sub-endemic species grows along the Rift Valley and adjascent areas. It is usually found dense between rocks or stones. The Genus Androcymbium is mainly African. It is closely related to Colchicum, belonging to the same family Colchicaceae. Both genera are characterized by 6 distinct nectaries at anthers bases.
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Many bulbs are predated by porcupines and other animals, often they survive pressed in rocks where thay cannot be digged out.
This sub-endemic species grows along the Rift Valley and adjascent areas. It is usually found dense between rocks or stones. The Genus Androcymbium is mainly African. It is closely related to Colchicum, belonging to the same family Colchicaceae. Both genera are characterized by 6 distinct nectaries at anthers bases.
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Androcymbium palaestinum is a small winter blooming bulb. It grows in the desert as well as in the transition area between the desert and mediterranean region. In Israel it occurs mainly along the Rift Valley.
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Every year we see the same plants during our course on the vegetation and flora of Israel. It is amazing how they settled within the rocks, escaping the claws of porcupines and mole rats and collecting water. Androcymbium is an African genus, this species is one of only three species that grow beyond the borders of Africa.
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Another pic of this bulb hidden in the rocks. Every year we see the same plants during our course on the vegetation and flora of Israel. It is amazing how they settled within the rocks, escaping the claws of porcupines and mole rats and collecting water. Androcymbium is an African genus, this species is one of only three species that grow beyond the borders of Africa.