General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Purple
Flower Time: Fall
Underground structures: Corm
Uses: Will Naturalize
Propagation: Other methods: Offsets
Pollinators: Moths and Butterflies
Bees
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

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Common names
  • Ligurian Autumn Crocus
  • Species Crocus
  • Crocus
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Crocus nudiflorus
  • Synonym: Crocus medius

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Date: c. 1869
illustration from 'English Botany', vol. 9, 1869
Location: Maryland
Location: El Tarter, Andorra
credit: Joan Simon

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