Crocus graveolens
Crocus graveolens | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Iridaceae |
Genus: | Crocus |
Species: | C. graveolens |
Binomial name | |
Crocus graveolens |
Crocus graveolens is a species of flowering plant in the family Iridaceae.[1] It is native to Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, and Turkey.[2][3]
Found growing around 1000 meters in stony fields, scrub, and pine forests; flowering occurs in February and March.[4]
The flowers are yellow with finely divided stigma with around 12 threads; plants produce many narrow leaves that are grey-green.[4] The tunic of the corms are parallel fibred, and the flowers smell like elder.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Crocus graveolens Boiss. & Reut". World Flora Online. The World Flora Online Consortium. n.d. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
- ^ "Crocus graveolens Boiss. & Reut". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ a b c Phillips, Roger (1989). The Random House book of bulbs. Martyn Rix, Brian Mathew. New York: Random House. p. 19. ISBN 0-679-72756-6. OCLC 19922564.