Biology:Crocus graveolens

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Short description: Species of plant in the family Iridaceae

Crocus graveolens
Crocus graveolens, Çukurova University Campus, Adana, Turkey - 20060109.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Iridaceae
Genus: Crocus
Species:
C. graveolens
Binomial name
Crocus graveolens
Boiss. & Reut.

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

Wikidata ☰ Q12214381 entry