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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.
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This sub-endemic species grows along the Rift Valley and adjascent areas. Its amazing how it migrated along the Rift Valley noerthwards to Lake of Galilee (where this picture was taken). 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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Its amazing to see how small bulbs are hidden on rock cracks, nobody can dig them out.
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Androcymbium palaestinum is a common winter flower of the eastern parts of Israel.
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Androcymbium palaestinum is a plant with a corm from which a rosette of leaves develops. The flowers sit very close together in between the leaves, giving the appearance of a specially-arranged bouquet between the rocks. The flower, which measures around 3cm across, resembles that of the autumn crocus (Colchicum). Both have six, separate nectaries. On account of this and other common characteristics, some of them genetic, both have been taken out of the Lily family (Liliaceae) and put into their own family, Colchicaceae. Androcymbium palaestinum belongs to an African genus and is one of only a few species to have made it across the Sahara Desert into our region. It migrated in Israel area up the Jordan Valley, from the Arava in the south to the Sea of Galilee in the north. In the Arava, it is one of the only bulbous plants, and it flowers only once every few years, when there has been sufficient rain.
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Androcymbium palaestinum is a plant with a corm from which a rosette of leaves develops. The flowers sit very close together in between the leaves, giving the appearance of a specially-arranged bouquet between the rocks. The flower, which measures around 3cm across, resembles that of the autumn crocus (Colchicum). Both have six, separate nectaries. On account of this and other common characteristics, some of them genetic, both have been taken out of the Lily family (Liliaceae) and put into their own family, Colchicaceae. Androcymbium palaestinum belongs to an African genus and is one of only a few species to have made it across the Sahara Desert into our region. It migrated in Israel area up the Jordan Valley, from the Arava in the south to the Sea of Galilee in the north. In the Arava, it is one of the only bulbous plants, and it flowers only once every few years, when there has been sufficient rain.
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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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Mohammed S Ali-Shtayeh, Rana M Jamous, Salam Y Abuzaitoun; Biodivers. and Environ. Res. Cen. (BERC)
iNaturalist