Crocus chrysanthus
Crocus chrysanthus
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Corm tunic membranous or coriaceous splitting into rings at base, rings entire or toothed. Leaves 3-5, synanthous, 0.5-2.5 mm broad. Prophyll absent. Bracteole present, usually much narrower than bract. Throat of perianth yellow, glabrous; segments 1.5-3.5 x 0.5-1.1 cm, yellow to orange-yellow, sometimes striped or suffused with bronze or purple outside, rarely creamy-white. Filaments 3-6 mm, yellow, glabrous; anthers 6-12 mm, yellow, sometimes with black basal lobes, rarely wholly black-edged before dehiscence. Style dividing into 3 slender or expanded yellow to orange branches. 2n =8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20. Fl. 2-4. Open hillsides in short turf, sparse coniferous woods, scrub, s.l.-2200 m.
Balkans, E. Romania.
