Family: Colchicaceae
Plant: An erect herb up to 50cm high with 1 or 2 basal leaves.
Flowers: White, 6-petalled star-like flowers with reddish ovaries and purple anthers in terminal clusters on slender erect stalks.
Flowering: September-November.
Fruit: 3-winged greenish-pink capsule 1-1.5cm long.
Leaves: A few grass like basal leaves up to 60cm long.
Habitat: Common in damp areas in heathland.
Features: White star-like flowers on slender erect stalks.
Name:
Burchardia After the Swiss traveller Johann H. Burckhard.
umbellata From Latin umbella = a small shadow (i.e. an umbrella) and atus = like (referring to its umbel of flowers).
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Type |
Herb |
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Flowers |
Form |
Regular, Cluster |
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Colour(s) |
White |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
6 |
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Flowering Month |
9, 10, 11 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Capsule |
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Colour |
Green, Pink, Brown |
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Other Features |
- |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Basal |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Linear, Strap-like |
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Length |
Long |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Unstalked |
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Other Features |
- |
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Bark |
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- |
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Habitat |
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Heathland |