Crocus cartwrightianus

Crocus cartwrightianus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Iridaceae
Genus: Crocus
Species:
C. cartwrightianus
Binomial name
Crocus cartwrightianus

Crocus cartwrightianus is a species of flowering plant in the family Iridaceae, native to mainland Greece, Euboea, Crete, Skyros and some islands of the Cyclades.[1] It is a cormous perennial growing to 5 cm (2 in). The flowers, in shades of lilac or white with purple veins and prominent red stigmas, appear with the leaves in autumn and winter.[2]

  1. ^ Jacobsen, Niels; Ørgaard, Marian (2004). "Crocus cartwrightianus on the Attica Peninsula" (PDF). ISHS Acta Horticulturae. 650 (6): 65–69. doi:10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.650.6. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  2. ^ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.

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