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    Crocus vernus (spring crocus, giant crocus) is a species in Family Iridaceae, native to the Alps, the Pyrenees, and the Balkans. Its cultivars and those...
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    officinalis (now treated as a synonym of C. sativus) and var. vernus (now C. vernus) and C. bulbocodium (now Romulea bulbocodium). Thus Linnaeus recognised...
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    Carta Crocus siculus Tineo ex Guss. Crocus tommasinianus Herb. – Woodland crocus, Tommasini's crocus Crocus vernus (L.) Hill (=C. sativus var. vernus L.;...
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    than the giant Dutch crocus (Crocus vernus), although it produces more flowers per corm than the latter. Its common name, "snow crocus", derives from its...
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    flowers. It is a small crocus (5–6 cm (2–2 in), despite the names of some cultivars, compared to the giant Dutch crocuses (C. vernus). Its cultivars are...
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    meadows and pastures. It often grows in pastures with other crocus species including Crocus vernus subsp. albiflorus, but it is often eaten by wild boars....
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    Crocus imperati is a species of flowering plant in the genus Crocus of the family Iridaceae, endemic to Italy. Wikimedia Commons has media related to...
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    grapes and pears where available. It has been observed eating flowers of Crocus vernus albiflorus, including the pistils, perhaps as a source of carotenoids...
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    Cicerbita alpina Cicerbita plumieri Cirsium spinosissimum Clematis alpina Crocus vernus Cyclamen europaeum Cypripedium calceolus Dactylorhiza fuchsii Dactylorhiza...
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    important cultivated plants, such as species of Freesia, Gladiolus, and Crocus, as well as the crop saffron. Members of this family are perennial plants...
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