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Crocus speciosus - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Palmengarten, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; 9/2008 © Jörn Germer

Crocus speciosus - Flower, side view - Click to enlarge!

Flower, side view; Palmengarten, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; 9/2008 © Jörn Germer

Crocus speciosus - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Palmengarten, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; 9/2008 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 1372
Date of entry: 09.08.2010
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Autumn Crocus

German: Pracht-Herbst-Krokus

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Liliopsida (397)

      Order: Liliales (111)

        Family: Iridaceae (18)(family description)

          Genus: Crocus (4)

            Epithet: speciosus Griseb. (1)

speciosus => beautiful, showy or brilliant

Characteristics

Climate: temperate

Habit: herb

Flower colour: blue, white

External links

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