Crocus fleischeri
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Iridaceae |
| Genus: | Crocus |
| Species: | C. fleischeri
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Crocus fleischeri is a species of flowering plant in the genus Crocus of the family Iridaceae. It is a cormous perennial with a native range from the eastern Aegean Islands to western and south western Turkey.[1]
Description
[edit]Crocus fleischeri is a herbaceous perennial geophyte growing from a corm. The corms are small[2] and tear-drop shaped with silky reticulate tunics. The corm inside is yellow and produces leaves at the same time flowering occurs.[3] The white flowers are slender but open widely. The branched stigmas are dark orange-red when the flowers first open and age to cinnamon brown,[3] they are taller than the anthers. The throats of the flowers are variable in color, ranging from yellow, orange, to brown and even blackish.[2] Flowering can occur as early as January if the weather conditions are mild and the plants are winter hardy to USDA zone 6.[3]
It is found growing in evergreen oak scrub and on dry hillside around 1000 meters in altitude; flowering from January till March.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Crocus fleischeri J.Gay | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
- ^ a b Ruksans, Janis (2011-01-12). Crocuses: A Complete Guide to the Genus. Timber Press. ISBN 978-1-60469-106-1.
- ^ a b c Jelitto, Leo (1990). Hardy herbaceous perennials. Wilhelm Schacht, Michael E. Epp, John Philip Baumgardt, Alfred Fessler. Portland, Or.: Timber Press. p. 170. ISBN 0-88192-159-9. OCLC 20012412.
- ^ Phillips, Roger (1989). The Random House book of bulbs. Martyn Rix, Brian Mathew. New York: Random House. p. 21. ISBN 0-679-72756-6. OCLC 19922564.
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