Life Span
Perennial
Perennial
Type
Needled or Scaled Evergreen
Bulb or Corm or Tuber
Origin
Western United States, Canada
Europe, Turkey, Central Asia, Western Asia
Types
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Colchicum cupanii, Colchicum alpinum
Number of Varieties
545
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40000
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Habitat
Woodland Garden Canopy
Fields, meadows, Rocky areas, Shaded sites, Woodlands
USDA Hardiness Zone
4-8-9999
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99
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AHS Heat Zone
7-1
-
Sunset Zone
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
21,22
Habit
Oval or Rounded
Clump-Forming
Plant Size
Minimum Height
610.00 cm7.60 cm
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3900
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Minimum Width
610.00 cm7.60 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
Deep Red, Pink, Purple
White, Yellow, Purple, Violet
Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
Bicolor
Fruit Color
Brown
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Leaf Color in Spring
-
Green
Leaf Color in Summer
-
Light Green
Leaf Color in Fall
-
Several shades of Green
Leaf Color in Winter
-
Light Green
Shape
Leaf Shape
Needle like
Long Linear
Thorns
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✘
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Plant Season
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Spring, Fall, Winter
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Growth Rate
Slow
Medium
Type of Soil
Loam, Sand
Loam
The pH of Soil
Acidic, Neutral
Acidic, Neutral
Soil Drainage
Well drained
Well drained
Bloom Time
Early Spring, Late Spring, Mid Spring
Early Spring, Late Summer, Early Fall, Fall, Late Fall, Winter, Late Winter
Repeat Bloomer
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✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
Drought
Drought
Where to Plant?
Ground
Container, Ground, Pot
How to Plant?
Cuttings, Seedlings
Divison, Seedlings
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Low
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Needs watering once a week
Do Not over Water, Medium, Needs less watering, Never Over-water, Requires regular watering, Water less during winter
In Summer
Lots of watering
Ample Water
In Spring
Moderate
Less Watering
In Winter
Average Water
Less Watering
Soil
Soil pH
Acidic, Neutral
Acidic, Neutral
Soil Type
Loam, Sand
Loam
Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Well drained
Sun Exposure
Full Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Pruning
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead leaves, Remove dead or diseased plant parts, Remove shoots
Fertilizers
Fertilzer with low nitrogen content
fertilize in growing season, Less fertilizing
Pests and Diseases
Mountain pine beetle, White pine blister rust
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Plant Tolerance
Drought
Drought
Flowers
-
Showy
Flower Petal Number
Single
Single, Double
Fruits
Showy Fruit
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✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
-
Coarse
Foliage Sheen
Glossy
-
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
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✘
✔
✘
Attracts
-
Bees, Butterflies
Allergy
Hay fever, Rhinitis
Kidney Disease, Low blood pressure, Stomach pain, Toxic, Vomiting
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
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Landscape Designing
Beauty Benefits
-
-
Edible Uses
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Environmental Uses
Air purification
Air purification, No fertilizer, pesticides, or herbicides needed, Prevent Soil Erosion
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
Antiseptic, Diuretic, Vermifuge
anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, Diarrhea, Diuretic, Rheumatism
Part of Plant Used
Inner Bark, Seeds
Flowers, Leaves
Other Uses
Used as a thickener in soups, Used for making green dye, Used to flavour soups
Employed in herbal medicine, Showy Purposes, Used as Ornamental plant, Used for its medicinal properties
Used As Indoor Plant
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✘
✔
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Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Screening, Wind Break
Alpine, Container, Cutflower, Foundation, Lawns and Turf, Mixed Border, Rock Garden / Wall, Wildflower
Botanical Name
PINUS albicaulis 'Glauca'
COLCHICUM
Common Name
Whitebark Pine, White Pine, Pitch Pine
Colchicum
In Hindi
Whitebark Pine
colchicum
In German
Whitebark Pine
colchicum
In French
Pin à écorce blanche
colchique
In Spanish
Whitebark pino
Colchicum
In Greek
Whitebark Pine
Colchicum
In Portuguese
Whitebark Pine
Colchicum
In Polish
Whitebark Pine
Colchicum
In Latin
Pinus albicaulis
Colchicum
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Coniferophyta
Magnoliophyta
Class
Pinopsida
Liliopsida
Order
Pinales
Liliales
Family
Pinaceae
Liliaceae
Genus
Pinus
Colchicum
Clade
-
Angiosperms, Monocots
Tribe
-
-
Subfamily
Pinoideae
Wurmbaeiodeae
Number of Species
5160
1
27800
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