Crocus
Crocus (plural: crocuses, croci) is a genus of flowering plants in the iris family comprising about 80 species of perennials growing from corms. Many are cultivated for their flowers appearing in autumn, winter, or spring. Crocuses are native to woodland, scrub and meadows from sea level to alpine tundra in central and southern Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, on the islands of the Aegean, and across Central Asia to western China.
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| Crocus sativus L.
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Crocus Media
Crocus sativus & C. vernus, Amédée Masclef, Atlas des plantes de France, 1891
Crocus sativus, with ovary sectioned
Crocus plant showing roots, corm, cataphyll sheath, leaves and perianth
Linnaeus's description of Crocus 1753
Successive stages of germination from seed to seedling (G Maw)
saffron flowers in early morning- Iran.khorasan
Crocus alatavicus
Crocus aleppicus Baker (כרכום גיירדו), Ya'ar Odem, Golan Heights, Israel, November 2006. Other names: Crocus gaillardotii Maw.
Crocus ancyrensis 'Golden Bunch'
