| 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]
