Crocus graveolens

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Crocus graveolens
Crocus graveolens, Cukurova University Campus, Adana, Turkey - 20060109.jpg
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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]

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References

  1. "Crocus graveolens Boiss. & Reut". World Flora Online. The World Flora Online Consortium. n.d. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
  2. "Crocus graveolens Boiss. & Reut". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
  3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. 1 2 3 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.