Crocus flavus
Weston
Yellow crocus
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Bulbs, Leaves
The bulbs are eaten raw.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant.
Europe, Turkey, Türkiye,
Countries: Andorra, Albania, Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Belgium, Bulgaria, Belarus, Switzerland, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Monaco, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, San Marino, Turkey, Ukraine
How to Identify
A temperate herb from the iris family.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Crocus flavus, known as yellow crocus, Dutch yellow crocus or snow crocus, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Crocus of the family Iridaceae. It grows wild on the slopes of Bulgaria, Greece, parts of former Yugoslavia (North Macedonia, Kosovo and Serbia), Romania and northwestern Turkey, with fragrant bright orange-yellow flowers. It is a small crocus (5–6 cm (2–2 in), despite the names of some cultivars, compared to the giant Dutch crocuses (C. vernus). Its cultivars are used as ornamental plants. The Latin specific epithet flavus means "yellow".
Names & Synonyms
Yer cigdemi
References (2)
- Ertug, F, Yenen Bitkiler. Resimli Türkiye Florası -I- Flora of Turkey - Ethnobotany supplement
- Jacobsen, A. L., February 2013: edible Crocus www.arthurleej.com/plant of the month.html
