Crocus pestalozzae

Crocus pestalozzae is a species of flowering plant in the genus Crocus of the family Iridaceae. It is a cormous perennial native to Turkey.[1]

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

Native to both the Asian and European sides of the Bosphorus, growing in fields and on hills below 200 meters of elevation, flowering occurs in January to March.[2]

The base of the filaments of the stamens have small black spots.[2]

References

  1. "Crocus pestalozzae Boiss. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
  2. Phillips, Roger; Rix, Martyn (1989). The Random House Book of Bulbs. Random House. p. 25. ISBN 978-0-679-72756-9.
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