Sternbergia candida B.Mathew & T.Baytop
White Sternbergia
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Sternbergia candida is a bulbous flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae, subfamily Amaryllidoideae, which is used as an ornamental. This rare bulbous plant is native only to south-west Turkey, where it grows at around 1,100 m (3,600 ft) elevation on the edges of cedar woods. First discovered shortly before being formally named in 1979, it features sweet-scented white flowers that appear in spring, distinguishing it from the otherwise yellow-flowered members of its genus.
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About the genus · Sternbergia
Sternbergia is a genus of Eurasian and North African plants in the Amaryllis family, subfamily Amaryllidoideae. The genus comprises eight recognised species that show a broad distribution throughout the Mediterranean Basin as well as central and southwestern Asia.
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Cultivation
Grouped as a bulb, tuber or caudex, listed under the genus Sternbergia in the archetype table, and Kew describes it as “bulbous geophyte”.
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Group. Listed under the genus Sternbergia in the archetype table, and Kew describes it as “bulbous geophyte”. A group is taken only where Kew's description of the species agrees with the table's listing. The table gives no figure and no prose; the cold floor is the habitat's alone.
Climate across the habitat
Natural habitat
Photographs
Photographs: Epibase, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Fan of Zhirkov, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Related
Other Sternbergia 4 in the reference
Sternbergia clusiana Amaryllidaceae Photo: CC BY, yelena_antipova
Sternbergia colchiciflora Turkish starflower Photo: CC BY, mycoroco
Sternbergia lutea Winter daffodil Photo: CC BY, bogsuckers
Sternbergia vernalis Amaryllidaceae Photo: CC0, Dûrzan Names & registers
The record
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