Crocus
Southern Europe

Crocus ancyrensis  

C. angustifolius
(C. susiunus)

Cloth of Gold Crocus
C. asturicus  
C. biflorus Scotch Crocus
C. cancellatus  
C. chianthus  
C. chrysanthus Gold Crocus
C. flavus
(C. aureus)		  

C. imperati

 Early Crocus
C. korolkowii  
C. kotsthyanus
(C. zonatus)		  
C. laevigatus  
C. longiflorus  
C. medius  
C. ochroleucus  
C. pulchellus  
C. sativus Saffron Crocus
C. sieberi Sieber Crocus
C. speciosus Showy Crocus
C. tomasinianus  
C. vernus Common Crocus

C. versicolor

Cloth of Silver Crocus

Species Flower Color Flower Season
C. ancyrensis Yellow Winter, Spring
C. biflorus white, light blue Spring
C. chianthus Various Spring
C. kotsthyanus Rose Fall
C. speciosus Blue Fall
C. tomasinianus Mauve Spring
C. vernus Various Spring

* Guides and Keys are from the book "Herbaceous Perennial Plants A Treatise on their Identification, Culture and Garden Attributes" by Dr Allan M. Armitage of the University of Georgia. Varsity Press, Athens, Georgia. 1989 ISBN 0-942375-00. More on Dr Armitage and his other books.

 
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