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Riviera Crocus

Crocus versicolor

Also called Cloth Of Silver Crocus

Riviera Crocus
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Iridaceae (Iris family)
Grows as
Bulb
Native range
SE. France, Monaco, NW. Italy
Climate
temperate

About

Crocus versicolor is a species of flowering plant in the genus Crocus of the family Iridaceae, found in southeast France, Monaco, and northwestern Italy.

The flower is white, lilac, and purple, often with external stripes.

Other Crocus plants

Crocus abantensis · Crocus adanensis · Aerial Crocus · Crocus alatavicus · Aleppo Crocus · Crocus alexandri · Crocus almehensis · Ankara Crocus · Cloth of gold · Crocus antalyensis · Crocus asumaniae · Crocus autranii

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Crocus versicolor by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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