Erythronium sibiricum

Siberian dog tooth ( Erythronium sibiricum )

The Siberian dog tooth ( Erythronium sibiricum ) is a species in the lily family ( Liliaceae ).

Features

The Siberian dog tooth is a perennial, herbaceous plant onion, achieved the stature heights 16 to 20 inches. The bulb measures 3 to 4 inches × 6 to 8 millimeters. Are often located several daughter bulbs at their base. The leaf blade measures 7 to 10 x 1 to 2.5 inches and is oblong and lanceolate to almost bald. Your base is wedge-shaped, the tip pointed. The petiole is 1.5 to 2.5 millimeters long. The flowers are borne singly and are on long stalks. The tepals are 25 to 70 millimeters long and pink purple or sometimes white or yellowish. The anthers are probably yellow. The stamens are widened in the center to 1.5 mm.

The chromosome number is 2n = 24

Occurrence

The Siberian dog tooth comes in Western and Central Siberia, in north-eastern Kazakhstan and northern Xinjiang before the Altai and Sayan. The species grows in subalpine meadows and thickets at altitudes from 1100 to 2500 meters.

System

The species was first described in 1841 by Friedrich von Fischer and Carl Anton von Meyer as Erythronium dens - canis var sibiricum. 1929 gave Porphyry Nikitic Krylov their species status.

Use

The Siberian dog tooth is rarely used as an ornamental plant for woodland edges, rock gardens and dry lawn.

Documents

• Corner Hardt J. Hunter, Friedrich Ebel, Peter Hanelt, Gerd Müller K. (ed.): Rothmaler - Excursion Flora of Germany. Volume 5: Herbaceous ornamental and useful plants. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8274-0918-8.
• Siberian dog tooth in the Flora of China, accessed on 26 August 2009