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Leopoldia comosa (L.) Parl.

Accepted
Plantules
Plantules
Feuilles 3-4, toutes radicales, assez longuement engainantes, en gouttière, terminées en capuchon caractéristique.
Feuilles 3-4, toutes radicales, assez longuement engainantes, en gouttière, terminées en capuchon caractéristique.
Bulbe de 2-3 cm de diamètre.
Bulbe de 2-3 cm de diamètre.
Plante adulte
Plante adulte
Plante adulte
Plante adulte
Plante adulte
Plante adulte
Feuilles
Feuilles
Les capsules
Les capsules
Fleurs stériles bleues au-dessus de fleurs fertiles brunes.
Fleurs stériles bleues au-dessus de fleurs fertiles brunes.
Hampe fructifère
Hampe fructifère
Plantules
Feuilles 3-4, toutes radicales, assez longuement engainantes, en gouttière, terminées en capuchon caractéristique.
Bulbe de 2-3 cm de diamètre.
Plante adulte
Plante adulte
Plante adulte
Feuilles
Les capsules
Fleurs stériles bleues au-dessus de fleurs fertiles brunes.
Hampe fructifère
🗒 Synonyms
synonymBellevalia bouriana Heldr. ex Nyman
synonymBellevalia calandriniana (Parl.) Nyman
synonymBellevalia comosa (L.) Kunth
synonymBellevalia graeca Heldr.
synonymBellevalia graminifolia Nyman
synonymBellevalia holzmannii Heldr.
synonymBellevalia holzmannii var. curta (Heldr.) Nyman
synonymBellevalia pharmacusana (Heldr.) Nyman
synonymBellevalia pinardii Boiss.
synonymBellevalia sartoriana (Heldr.) Nyman
synonymBellevalia sartoriana subsp. pharmacusana (Heldr.) Nyman
synonymBellevalia tenuiflora subsp. constricta (Tausch) Nyman
synonymBotrycomus vulgaris Fourr., nom. superfl.
synonymEtheiranthus constrictus (Tausch) Kostel.
synonymEtheiranthus milleri Kostel.
synonymEubotrys comosa (L.) Raf.
synonymHyacinthus comosus L.
synonymHyacinthus fuliginosus Pall., nom. nud.
synonymHyacinthus monstrosus L.
synonymHyacinthus paniculatus Lam.
synonymLeopoldia anguliflora Lojac.
synonymLeopoldia bormaniana Lojac.
synonymLeopoldia bouviana Heldr. ex Nyman
synonymLeopoldia calandriniana Parl.
synonymLeopoldia clusiana Heldr. ex Nyman
synonymLeopoldia constricta Heldr.
synonymLeopoldia curta Heldr.
synonymLeopoldia graeca (Heldr.) Heldr.
synonymLeopoldia graminifolia Heldr. ex Nyman
synonymLeopoldia holzmannii (Heldr.) Heldr.
synonymLeopoldia pharmacusana Heldr.
synonymLeopoldia pinardii (Boiss.) Parl.
synonymLeopoldia pyramidalis (Tausch) Heldr.
synonymLeopoldia sartoriana Heldr.
synonymLeopoldia trojana Heldr.
synonymMuscari bouvianum Heldr. ex Rouy
synonymMuscari bulgaricum Velen.
synonymMuscari calandrinianum (Parl.) Nyman
synonymMuscari charrellii Heldr. ex Rouy
synonymMuscari comosum (L.) Mill.
synonymMuscari comosum f. monstrosum (L.) Maire
synonymMuscari comosum subsp. courtilleri (Boreau) K.Richt.
synonymMuscari comosum subsp. monstrosum (L.) K.Richt.
synonymMuscari constrictum Tausch
synonymMuscari courtilleri Boreau
synonymMuscari cousturieri Gand.
synonymMuscari cretensium Gand.
synonymMuscari curtum (Heldr.) Boiss.
synonymMuscari giennense Pau & Cuatrec.
synonymMuscari graecum (Heldr.) Boiss.
synonymMuscari graminifolium Heldr. & Holzm. ex Rouy
synonymMuscari holzmannii (Heldr.) Hirc
synonymMuscari longissimum Medik.
synonymMuscari monstrosum (L.) Mill.
synonymMuscari paniculatum (Lam.) Medik.
synonymMuscari pharmacusanum (Heldr.) Boiss.
synonymMuscari pinardii (Boiss.) Boiss.
synonymMuscari pyramidale Tausch
synonymMuscari sartorianum (Heldr.) Boiss.
synonymMuscari segusianum E.P.Perrier & Songeon
synonymMuscari trojanum (Heldr.) Boiss.
synonymPelotris paniculatus (Lam.) Raf.
synonymScilla comosa (L.) Salisb.
synonymScilla monstrosa (L.) Salisb.
🗒 Common Names
Arabic
  • Qikout, Bou tssel, Tcheritcha, Beçal ed dib, Azoul, Ttergalt
English
  • Tassel grape hyacinth, Tassel hyacinth
French
  • Ail à toupet, Jacinthe chevelue, Muscari à toupet, Muscari chevelu, Muscari à houppe, Oignon de serpent
Italian
  • Cipollaccia, Cipollascio, Giacinto del pennacchio, Giacinto mostruos, Lampagioneo, Lampascione, Muscari chiomato, Muscari comune
Portuguese
  • Cebolinha de flor azul, Enfuste, Jacinto, Jacinto das searas, Jacinto de tapete, Jacintopaniculado
Spanish; Castilian
  • Agüelicos, Ajipuerco, Ajo de cigüeña, Ajo de culebra, Ajo de perro, Ajopio, Ajotrino, Apagacandiles, Calabruixa, Candiles, Cebolla bravía, Cebolla de lagarto, Cebollita de milano, Cebollón, Ceborrancha, Cojonitos, Cordon del Señor
  • Coyombro, Criadilla, Farolico, Guitarrillo, Hiacinto, Hierba de los amores, Hierba del querer, Implo, Jacinto comoso, Jacinto de penacho, Jacinto silvestre, Lila silvestre, Lilas, Matacandil, Mayos, Mentiras peligrosas, Mentirillas
  • Nazarena de penacho, Nazarenos, Ojo de ajo, Penitentes
📚 Overview
Overview
Brief

Code

MUSCO

Growth form

Geophyte

Biological cycle

Vivacious

Habitat

Terrestrial

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    Code

    MUSCO

    Growth form

    Geophyte

    Biological cycle

    Vivacious

    Habitat

    Terrestrial

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      Diagnostic Keys
      Description

      Seedling

      Plant propagating essentially by vegetative means, germination being exceptional. Single cotyledon, about 10 cm long, thin, tubular, about 1 mm in diameter, with a curved upper end. The whitish hypocotyl, which remains in the soil, is beginning to become tuberous. The seedling is light green.

      Adult plant

      Leopoldia comosa is a vivacious species, up to 60 cm long, with a 2-3 cm diameter, hairless bulb. Leaves 3-4, all radical, rather long-sheathing, guttering, 6-20 mm wide, rough at the margin, terminating in a characteristic cap. Flowers in elongated clusters that can exceed 20 cm, odourless, the lower fertile, russet-brown, horizontal, spaced, the upper sterile, bright blue-purple, gathered in a terminal cluster. Fruit a triquilateral, oval-obtuse capsule, about 1 cm long, with 3 subglobose seeds per chamber, about 4 mm long.

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        📚 Natural History
        Life Cycle

        Life cycle

        Vivacious
        Vivacious

        Algeria: Leopoldia comosa regrows in autumn-winter; flowering from March to May.

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          Cyclicity

          Leopoldia comosa is a vivacious species with bulb.

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            Reproduction

            Leopoldia comosa reproduces mainly vegetatively, germination is exceptional.

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              Dispersal

              Leopoldia comosa is a clithochorous species (spread over very short distances).

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                Size
                Morphology

                Growth form

                Tuft plant with narrow leaves
                Tuft plant with narrow leaves

                Leaf arrangement

                Verticillate
                Verticillate

                Leaf type

                Grass or grass-like
                Grass or grass-like

                Grass-like leaf type

                Grass leaf
                Grass leaf

                Equality of opposite leaves

                Opposite leaves equal
                Opposite leaves equal

                Latex

                Without latex
                Without latex

                Stem section

                Round
                Round

                Root type

                Bulb
                Bulb

                Hollow or solid stem

                Hollow stem
                Hollow stem

                Stipule type

                No stipule
                No stipule

                Leaf attachment type

                with graminate sheathing and hair
                with graminate sheathing and hair

                Fruit type

                Capsule splitting vertically in 3 carpels
                Capsule splitting vertically in 3 carpels

                Cotyledon type

                linear
                linear

                Lamina margin

                scabrous
                scabrous

                Upperface pilosity

                Glabrous
                Glabrous

                Lowerface pilosity

                Glabrous
                Glabrous

                Simple leaf type

                Lamina linear
                Lamina linear

                Lamina section

                curved and thick
                curved and thick

                Lamina Veination

                Parallel
                Parallel

                Flower color

                Pinkish
                Pinkish
                Blue
                Blue
                Brown
                Brown

                Inflorescence type

                Raceme
                Raceme

                Stem pilosity

                Glabrous
                Glabrous

                Life form

                Geophytic plant
                Geophytic plant
                Physiology

                Leopoldia comosa is a C3 species.

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                  Ecology

                  Algeria: Leopoldia comosa is a common species in all types of annual crops (winter cereals, fallows, weeds) and perennial crops in the north of the country. Preference for shallow silty to sandy-silty soils.

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                    📚 Habitat and Distribution
                    General Habitat

                    Habitat

                    Terrestrial
                    Terrestrial
                    Description

                    Origin

                    Leopoldia comosa is native to the Mediterranean region.

                    Worldwide distribution

                    This species has been introduced in England and Northern Europe, Northern America and South Australia.

                    Algeria: Common species in the whole north of the country from the Saharan Atlas.

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                      📚 Occurrence
                      No Data
                      📚 Demography and Conservation
                      Risk Statement

                      Local harmfulness

                      Algeria: Leopoldia comosa is a minor "weed". Uncommon and not very abundant, it does not generally constitute a nuisance for the crop.

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                        📚 Uses and Management
                        No Data
                        📚 Information Listing
                        References
                        1. Plants of the World Online https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:538476-1
                        2. The World Flora Online http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000693046
                        3. Kazi Tani C., Grard P. & Le Bourgeois T., 2021. "AdvenAlg 1.0 Identification et connaissance des principales adventices d'Algérie méditerranéenne." Al Yasmina, Revue de Botanique 2(3): 1-187.
                        Information Listing > References
                        1. Plants of the World Online https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:538476-1
                        2. The World Flora Online http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000693046
                        3. Kazi Tani C., Grard P. & Le Bourgeois T., 2021. "AdvenAlg 1.0 Identification et connaissance des principales adventices d'Algérie méditerranéenne." Al Yasmina, Revue de Botanique 2(3): 1-187.

                        AdvenAlg 1.1 : Identification et Connaissance des Principales Adventices d'Algérie Méditerranéenne

                        Thomas Le Bourgeois
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                          🐾 Taxonomy
                          RootRoot
                          KingdomPlantae
                          PhylumTracheophyta
                          ClassLiliopsida
                          OrderAsparagales
                          FamilyAsparagaceae
                          GenusLeopoldia
                          SpeciesLeopoldia comosa (L.) Parl.
                          📊 Temporal Distribution
                          📷 Related Observations
                          👥 Groups
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