Crocus ochroleucus

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Crocus ochroleucus
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Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
Order:
Asparagales
Family:
Iridaceae
Genus:
Crocus
Section:
Crocus
Series:
Kotschyani
Species:
C. ochroleucus
Binomial name
Crocus ochroleucus

Crocus ochroleucus is species of flowering plant in the Iridaceae family.[2] It is a cream-colored crocus native to Lebanon, Palestine and Syria.[3]

Description[]

Perennial. Tubercle small, proliferous, surrounded with membranous brown tunics. Leaves 4-6, appearing together with flowers, strongly canaliculate, 1.5–2 mm wide. Basal spathe often surrounding numerous scapes. Floral spathe diphyllous, partly enclosing a long tube. Perianth 2–3 cm ; tepals elliptical-ovate, cream-white, yellow and bearded at base. Anthers whitish, longer than filament. Stigmas orange.

Flowering[]

October–December.

Habitat[]

Rocky places, light soils.

Distribution[]

Lower and middle mountains, South, Hermon.

Geographic area[]

The cream-white color of this crocus is at origin of specific name ochroleucus, which is derived from the Greek ôchros , yellow, and leukos, white. The Latin name Crocus, and the Greek name krokos which gave it birth, were used by ancients to designate the peculiar species with violet flowers: Crocus sativus, whose large stigmas, highly fragrant and of a beautiful orange yellow tint, produce the famous saffron used in coloration of certain food and liquors. The cream-colored Crocus, known in Lebanon as hirsanneen, grows abundantly after autumn first rainfalls. Its tubercles are sometimes eaten. Crocus has 3 stamens. This characteristic, among others, allows to differentiate it from meadow saffron which belongs to the Lily Family and has 6 stamens[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Fragman-Sapir, O., Semaan, M. & Lansdown, R.V. (2017). "Crocus ochroleucus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T13160779A18609832. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T13160779A18609832.en. Retrieved September 18, 2020.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "Crocus ochroleucus Boiss. & Gaill". World Flora Online. The World Flora Online Consortium. n.d. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
  3. ^ "Crocus ochroleucus Boiss. & Gaill". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
  4. ^ Mustapha Nehmeh, Wild Flowers Of Lebanon, National Council For Scientific Research,1978,pages 151, 152.

Sources[]

  • Georges Tohme & Henriette Tohme, Illustrated Flora of Lebanon, National Council For Scientific Research, Second Edition 2014.

[Category:Flora of Palestine (region)]]

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