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Section Crocus
Crocus
Crocus (English plural: crocuses or croci) is a genus of flowering plants in the iris family comprising 90 species of perennials growing from corms. Many are cultivated for their flowers appearing in autumn, winter, or spring. The spice saffron is obtained from the stigmas of Crocus sativus, an autumn-blooming species. Crocuses are native to woodland, scrub, and meadows from sea level to alpine tundra in North Africa and the Middle East, central and southern Europe, in...
53 branches of this group, most-observed first
Crocus vernus
complexCrocus vernus
Woodland crocus
speciesCrocus tommasinianus
Late Crocus
speciesCrocus serotinus
Autumn Crocus
speciesCrocus nudiflorus
Riviera Crocus
speciesCrocus versicolor
Fall Crocus
speciesCrocus pallasii
Kotschy's Crocus
speciesCrocus kotschyanus
Saffron Crocus
speciesCrocus sativus
Crocus scharojanii
speciesCrocus scharojanii
Corsican Crocus
speciesCrocus corsicus
Italian Crocus
speciesCrocus longiflorus
Thomas crocus
speciesCrocus thomasii
Crocus ochroleucus
speciesCrocus ochroleucus
Intermediate Crocus
speciesCrocus ligusticus
Crocus vallicola
speciesCrocus vallicola
Crocus minimus
speciesCrocus minimus
Balearic Crocus
speciesCrocus cambessedesii
Neapolitan Crocus
speciesCrocus imperati
Wild Saffron
speciesCrocus cartwrightianus
Redolent Crocus
speciesCrocus suaveolens
Etruscan Crocus
speciesCrocus etruscus
Crocus hadriaticus
speciesCrocus hadriaticus
Crocus goulimyi
speciesCrocus goulimyi
Crocus scardicus
speciesCrocus scardicus
Crocus niveus
speciesCrocus niveus
Crocus salzmannii
speciesCrocus salzmannii
Crocus malyi
speciesCrocus malyi
Crocus macedonicus
speciesCrocus macedonicus
Crocus oreocreticus
speciesCrocus oreocreticus
Crocus suworowianus
speciesCrocus suworowianus
Crocus clusii
speciesCrocus clusii
Crocus pelistericus
speciesCrocus pelistericus
Crocus ilvensis
speciesCrocus ilvensis
Crocus cappadocicus
speciesCrocus cappadocicus
Crocus autumnalis
speciesCrocus autumnalis
Crocus baytopiorum
speciesCrocus baytopiorum
Crocus kosaninii
speciesCrocus kosaninii
Crocus cobbii
speciesCrocus cobbii
Crocus asumaniae
speciesCrocus asumaniae
Crocus mathewii
speciesCrocus mathewii
Crocus haussknechtii
speciesCrocus haussknechtii
Crocus autranii
speciesCrocus autranii
Crocus oreogenus
speciesCrocus oreogenus
Crocus dispathaceus
speciesCrocus dispathaceus
Crocus lazicus
speciesCrocus lazicus
Crocus karduchorum
speciesCrocus karduchorum
Crocus gilanicus
speciesCrocus gilanicus
Crocus moabiticus
speciesCrocus moabiticus
Crocus naqabensis
speciesCrocus naqabensis
Crocus kofudagensis
speciesCrocus kofudagensis
Crocus homeri
speciesCrocus homeri
Crocus samarasii
speciesCrocus samarasii
Crocus duplex
speciesCrocus duplex
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
The Flowering Garden: Autumn
Crispijn van de Passe · 1616 · p.64
Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.389
Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.46
Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.209
History of Rare Plants
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.218
History of Rare Plants
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.218
Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.384
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.142
Garden of Health (Hortus Sanitatis)
Jacob Meydenbach · 1491 · p.117
Garden of Health
1507 · p.115
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.391
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.475
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Crocus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1044768.