Common name
English: Tomasini's crocus, Woodland crocus
German: Elfen-Krokus
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2625)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2528)
Class: Liliopsida (388)
Order: Asparagales (77)
Family: Iridaceae (16)(family description)
Genus: Crocus (4)
Epithet: tommasinianus Herb. (1)
Synonym: Crocus serbicus A.Kern.
tommasinianus => in honor of Muzio Giuseppe Spirito de Tommasini (1794-1879), botanist and mayor of Trieste under Austria-Hungary (today Italy)
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habit: herb
Flower colour: blue, white