- Crocus flavus
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Crocus flavus Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Monocots Order: Asparagales Family: Iridaceae Subfamily: Crocoideae Genus: Crocus Species: C. flavus Binomial name Crocus flavus
(L.) WestonCrocus 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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Cultivars
Examples: 'Golden Yellow' (syn. 'Dutch Yellow', 'Yellow Mammoth')
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References
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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