Crocosmia ×crocosmiiflora

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Species Distribution Map
Family:IRIDACEAE
Species:Crocosmia ×crocosmiiflora (Lemoine) N.E. Br.
Common Name:Autumn Gold; Garden Montbretia; Hybrid Montbretia
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Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
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Plant Notes:Montbretia is an introduced perennial herb in the Iris family (Iridaceae). It is a garden hybrid of two African species (Crocosmia aurea (Pappe ex Hooker f.) Planchon and C. pottsii (Macnab ex Baker) N. E. Brown), first produced in France in 1880. Montbretia is often planted in gardens, and over 150 cultivars are available. It has escaped in the southern half of Alabama. Montbretia occurs around old home sites, on roadsides, in disturbed woodlands, on the banks of creeks, and in roadside ditches. It is a perennial from a globose corm. Stems are erect or arching, with leaves mostly basal and forming a fan. The leaves are lanceolate, entire, and flat or plicate. Flowers are produced in spike-like inflorescences of 4-8 flowers. Individual flowers have 6 orange to red or yellow tepals. The tepals are united into a short tube basally. The outer tepals are slightly larger than the inner tepals. The fruit is a 3-lobed capsule. Montbretia is often grown for cut flowers and is frequently found in commercial flower arrangements. Corms and plants are readily available from nurseries. It prefers a lightly shaded site with a moist, organic-rich and sandy soil.—A. Diamond.
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Not Native
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyIRIDACEAE - Iris family
Genus Crocosmia
Species Crocosmia ×crocosmiiflora (Lemoine) N.E. Br. - Autumn Gold; Garden Montbretia; Hybrid Montbretia

Citation

Citation Crocosmia × crocosmiiflora (Lemoine) N.E. Brown, Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 20(3): 264. 1932.
Basionym: Montbretia × crocosmiiflora Lemoine 1880.
Type: Cult. in Belgium, without data (lectotype: E. Morren, Belgique Hort. 31: t. 14. 1881). Lectotypified by Proctor, in Acevedo-Rodríguez & M. T. Strong, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 52: 102. 2005.

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Montbretia ×crocosmiiflora Montbretia x crocosmiiflora Lemoine ex E. Morren, Belgique Hort. 31: 299, t. 14. 1881. Cult. in Belgium, without data (lectotype: E. Morren, Belgique Hort. 31: t. 14. 1881). Lectotypified by Proctor, in Acevedo-Rodriguez & M. T. Strong, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 52: 102. 2005.
Tritonia ×crocosmiiflora Tritonia x crocosmiiflora (Lemoine ex E. Morren) G. Nicholson, Ill. Dict. Gard. 4: 94. 1887.Montbretia x crocosmiiflora Lemoine ex E. Morren 1881. 

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Baldwin, Bullock, Cleburne, Coffee, Covington, Geneva, Lee, Mobile, Pike

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, AUA, TROY, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: -

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
AUA_ACC_51046 Covington 7 Jul 1990 Diamond, Alvin R.
7006		 AUA
Crocosmia X Crocosmiiflora (V. Lemoine) N.E. Br.
AMAL00019968 Baldwin 04 Jul 2013 Horne, Howard E.
2297		 AMAL
Crocosmia ×crocosmiiflora (V. Lemoine) N.E. Brown
AMAL00003541 Cleburne 31 Jul 2008 Garland, Bill
 AMAL
Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora (V. Lemoine) N.E. Br. Montbretia
TROY000036568 Bullock 01 Aug 2012 Dykes, Bailee
1127		 TROY
Crocosmia ×crocosmiiflora (V. Lemoine) N.E. Brown
UWAL0039760 Pike 08 Jul 2016 Diamond, Alvin R.
27544		 UWAL
Crocosmia ×crocosmiiflora (V. Lemoine) N. E. Brown
AUA_ACC_65829 Covington 1 Jul 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16609		 AUA
Crocosmia X Crocosmiiflora (V. Lemoine) N.E. Br.
UWAL0011613 Mobile 27 May 2012 Horne, Howard E.
1780		 UWAL
Crocosmia ×crocosmiiflora (V. Lemoine) N.E. Brown
AUA000035694 Lee 6 Jul 2011 Hansen, Curtis J.
5099		 AUA
Crocosmia X Crocosmiiflora (V. Lemoine) N.E. Br.
AUA_ACC_42422 Lee 22 Jul 1972 Bloodworth, N.Beth
074		 AUA
Crocosmia X Crocosmiiflora (V. Lemoine) N.E. Br.
TROY000043908 Coffee 03 Jul 2016 Diamond, Alvin R.
27542		 TROY
Crocosmia ×crocosmiiflora (V. Lemoine) N.E. Brown
ALNHS00001308 Cleburne 18 Jul 2012 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#627		 ALNHS
Crocosmia xcrocosmiiflora (V. Lemoine) N.E. BR.
UWAL0039286 Coffee 03 Jul 2016 Diamond, Alvin R.
27542		 UWAL
Crocosmia ×crocosmiiflora (V. Lemoine) N.E. Brown
UWAL0013070 Bullock 01 Aug 2012 Dykes, Bailee
1127		 UWAL
Crocosmia ×crocosmiiflora (V. Lemoine) N.E. Brown
AMAL00019551 Cleburne 18 Jul 2012 Barger, T. Wayne
627		 AMAL
Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora (V. Lemoine) N.E. Br. Montbretia
TROY000011308 Geneva 31 Jul 2001 Diamond, Alvin R.
12580		 TROY
Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora (V. Lemoine) N.E. Brown
AMAL00011865 Covington 01 Jul 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16609		 AMAL
Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora (V. Lemoine) N.E. Br. Montbretia
TROY000044320 Pike 08 Jul 2016 Diamond, Alvin R.
27544		 TROY
Crocosmia ×crocosmiiflora (V. Lemoine) N. E. Brown
TROY000044857 Geneva 14 Sep 2017 Byrd, Cameron
1506A		 TROY
Crocosmia ×crocosmiiflora (V. Lemoine) N.E. Brown
UWAL0035341 Mobile 17 Jul 2014 Horne, Howard E.
2663		 UWAL
Crocosmia ×crocosmiiflora (V. Lemoine) N.E. Brown
TROY000010847 Covington 01 Jul 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16609		 TROY
Crocosmia ×crocosmiiflora (V. Lemoine) N.E. Brown
AMAL00019584 Mobile 27 May 2012 Horne, Howard E.
1780		 AMAL
Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora (V. Lemoine) N.E. Br. Montbretia
USAM000007390 Mobile 05 Jul 1976 LeLong, Michel G.
9270		 USAM
Crocosmia ×crocosmiiflora (V. Lemoine) N.E. Brown
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