Crocus angustifolius

<h2 id="description">Description</h2>
<p><i>Crocus angustifolius</i> is a herbaceous perennial geophyte growing from a corm. The globose (round but bulging somewhat in the middle) shaped corm has a coarsely reticulated tunic. The flowers are narrow, opening to a <a href="/facts/Funnelform/RjjcIGWp">funnelform</a> or radiate shape. The golden yellow flowers have glossy red-brown mottling and streaks on the outer surfaces. The flowers bloom while the grass-like leaves are present.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a>
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<h2 id="habitat">Habitat</h2>
<p>Native to the <a href="/facts/Crimea/GkM1qNVC">Crimea</a> where it is found growing on hillsides, in juniper woods, and in areas of scrub; flowering occurs from February to March.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a>
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<h2 id="cultivation">Cultivation</h2>
<p><i>C. angustifolius</i> is widely cultivated, and has gained the <a href="/facts/Royal_Horticultural_Society/QrtXmlUo">Royal Horticultural Society</a>'s <a href="/facts/Award_of_Garden_Merit/zQ4Ya8S6">Award of Garden Merit</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a>
The <a href="/facts/Cultivar/nfaLJJM3">cultivar</a> 'Minor' has smaller, attractive darker flowers and blooms a little later than the species. The leaves are also more upright. It is winter hardy to USDA zone 5.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a>
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<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965. <a href="978-1405332965" target="_blank">978-1405332965</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Jelitto, Leo (1990). Hardy herbaceous perennials. Wilhelm Schacht, Michael E. Epp, John Philip Baumgardt, Alfred Fessler. Portland, Or.: Timber Press. p. 168. ISBN 0-88192-159-9. OCLC 20012412. <a href="0-88192-159-9" target="_blank">0-88192-159-9</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Phillips, Roger; Rix, Martyn (1989). The Random House Book of Bulbs. Random House. p. 25. ISBN 978-0-679-72756-9. <a href="978-0-679-72756-9" target="_blank">978-0-679-72756-9</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>"Crocus angustifolius". Plant Selector. Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 9 May 2020. <a href="https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/4837/Crocus-angustifolius/Details" target="_blank">https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/4837/Crocus-angustifolius/Details</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>Jelitto, Leo (1990). Hardy herbaceous perennials. Wilhelm Schacht, Michael E. Epp, John Philip Baumgardt, Alfred Fessler. Portland, Or.: Timber Press. p. 168. ISBN 0-88192-159-9. OCLC 20012412. <a href="0-88192-159-9" target="_blank">0-88192-159-9</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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Crocus angustifolius