Crocus flavus
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Iridaceae |
| Subfamily: | Crocoideae |
| Genus: | Crocus |
| Species: | C. flavus |
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| Crocus flavus (L.) Weston |
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Crocus flavus (syn. Crocus luteus, Crocus aureus Sibth. & Sm.), (Dutch Yellow Crocus) is a plant of the Crocus genus in the Iridaceae family. It grows wild on the slopes of Greece, former Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Romania and North West Turkey with bright orange-yellow flowers which Tennyson likened to a fire. It is a small crocus (5-6 cm), despite the names of some cultivars, compared to the Giant Dutch crocuses (C. vernus). Its cultivars are used as ornamental plants. It naturalises well, and has been considered a weed.
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[edit] Cultivars
Examples: 'Golden Yellow' (syn. 'Dutch Yellow', 'Yellow Mammoth')
[edit] Gallery
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Crocus flavus
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[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Ö zdemir, Canan. The Morphology and Anatomy of Crocus flavus Weston subsp. flavus (Iridaceae), Turk J Bot 30 (2006) 175-180
- ITIS
- Alpine Garden Society
- International Flower Bulb Centre
- Uniprot Taxonomy
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