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Crocus species ID'd as Crocus vernus

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Joanna Savage

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Crocus species ID'd as Crocus vernus
« on: February 19, 2013, 09:38:53 AM »
Crocus. This is my local crocus growing abundantly in the olive groves and flowering now. We are at about 300m on the southern side of the Appenines in Provincia Pistoia. For a long time I have wondered which species it is. I am sure the experts will nail it straight away. Thanks joanna
« Last Edit: February 19, 2013, 09:54:42 AM by Alisdair »
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Alisdair

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Re: Crocus species ID'd as Crocus vernus
« Reply #1 on: February 19, 2013, 09:54:21 AM »
That's Crocus vernus, Joanna - how lucky you are to have this lovely plant growing so abundantly around you.
It's distinct from other species that look a bit like it in the way that there's no yellow tint in the throat of the flowers.
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Alisdair Aird
Gardens in SE England (Sussex); also coastal Southern Greece, and (in a very small way) South West France; MGS member (and former president); vice chairman RHS Lily Group, past chairman Cyclamen Society

Joanna Savage

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Re: Crocus species ID'd as Crocus vernus
« Reply #2 on: February 19, 2013, 10:01:54 AM »
Thank you so much Alisdair, I don't know why identification matters but I like the crocus even more now that I can fit it into a wider picture.
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