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Romulea linaresii

Romulea linaresii
Photo: tato grasso, CC BY-SA 3.0

Romulea linaresii is a small, bulbous spring-flowering geophyte from the Iris family native to the central Mediterranean region and western Türkiye. It is grown mainly as a rock garden or bulb-garden plant in mild, dry-summer climates.

Family
Iridaceae (Iris family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Full sun
Water
Water moderately while in leaf in spring, then keep the bulb dry through the summer dormancy.
Soil
Free-draining, gritty soil or sandy loam; avoid heavy wet clay.
Temperature
Hardy to about -5 °C when dry; keep dormant bulbs dry in summer heat.
How easy
Easy
Native range
C. Medit. to W. Türkiye
Climate
subtropical

About

Romulea linaresii is a species of plant in the family Iridaceae. It occurs in many countries around the Mediterranean Sea.

Other Romulea plants

Crocus Leaved Romulea · Sand Crocus · Romulea cruciata · Common Greenbract Froetang · Romulea hirsuta · Romulea melitensis · Karoo Froetang · Branch Froetang · Romulea requienii · Rosy sandcrocus · Satin Froetang · Twisted Froetang

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Romulea linaresii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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