Crocus graveolens
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Native to Lebanon, Syria, Palestine and Turkey, Crocus graveolens is a cormous bulbous plant with a parallel-fibred tunic, producing numerous narrow grey-green leaves. It grows at around 1000 metres in elevation, in stony fields, scrub and pine forest. In February and March it bears yellow flowers with a stigma finely divided into about a dozen threads, noted for a strong scent reminiscent of elderflower, detectable from several metres away on a sunny day. It thrives in well-drained soil, in full sun, and dies back during the summer drought.
- Family :Iridaceae
- Growth :winter grower
- Flowering height :0-15 cm
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Growth :January (sem. 1-4), February (sem. 1-4), March (sem. 1-4), April (sem. 1-4), May (sem. 1-4), June (sem. 1-4), July (sem. 1-4), August (sem. 1-4), September (sem. 1-4), October (sem. 1-4), November (sem. 1-4), December (sem. 1-4)