Crocus facts for kids
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Crocus
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| Crocus sativus L.
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Crocus (plural: crocuses, croci) is a genus of flowering plants in the iris family comprising about 80 species of perennials growing from corms. Many are cultivated for their flowers appearing in autumn, winter, or spring. Crocuses are native to woodland, scrub and meadows from sea level to alpine tundra in central and southern Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, on the islands of the Aegean, and across Central Asia to western China.
Images for kids
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Crocus sativus & C. vernus, Amédée Masclef, Atlas des plantes de France, 1891
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Crocus sativus, with ovary sectioned
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Linnaeus's description of Crocus 1753
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Successive stages of germination from seed to seedling (G Maw)
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Saffron fields in Iran
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Crocus alatavicus
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Crocus aleppicus
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Crocus ancyrensis
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Crocus banaticus
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Crocus biflorus
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Crocus cancellatus
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Crocus carpetanus
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Crocus cartwrightianus 'Albus'
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Crocus caspius
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Crocus chrysanthus 'Zwanenburg Bronze'
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Crocus corsicus
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Crocus etruscus 'Zwanenburg'
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Crocus flavus
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Crocus goulimyi
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Crocus graveolens
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Crocus hyemalis
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Crocus imperati 'De Jager'
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Crocus kotschyanus
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Crocus laevigatus 'Fontenayi'
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Crocus longiflorus
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Crocus malyi
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Crocus minimus
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Crocus nevadensis
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Crocus nudiflorus
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Crocus olivieri
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Crocus pallasii
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Crocus pulchellus
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Crocus serotinus subsp. clusii
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Crocus serotinus subsp. salzmannii
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Crocus scharojanii
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Crocus tournefortii
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Crocus versicolor
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field of flowering purple crocuses
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Crocus 'E.A. Bowles', a C. chrysanthus hybrid
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Crocus cultivars
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Purple crocuses with closed flowers
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Crocuses appearing through the snow
See also
In Spanish: Crocus para niños
