Colchicum--Iraq. Kurdistan. Shakh-i-Pira Magrun. 25 May 2013. DSC05267 (3).JPG
Native to 78 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, and Tropical Asia; introduced into Altay, Baltic States, Belarus, Central European Russia, Denmark, Kentucky, New Hampshire, New Zealand South, North Carolina, Northwest European Russia, Oregon, Sweden, Utah, Vermont, West Siberia (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Iraq, Kurdistan, Sulaimani Governorate
35.778472, 45.243639
Location Remarks
Shakh-i Pira Magrun, NW-SE trending anticline exposing mosly dolomitic limestone. Randu Gaura. Upslope from Merga Pan, then 1.3-1.8 km SW into a narrow canyon with persisting snowbank. 1356-1445 m elev.
Collectors
S. Salih, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Diffuse woodland of coppiced Quercus and grassland/pasture land. Moist soil below a large boulder, by a small snowmelt stream.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Liliales
Family
Colchicaceae
Genus
Colchicum
Authorship
L.
