Crocus fleischeri is a species of flowering plant in the genus Crocus of the family Iridaceae. It is a cormous perennial with a native range from the eastern Aegean Islands to western and south western Turkey.[1]
Crocus fleischeri is a herbaceous perennial geophyte growing from a corm. The corms are small[2] and tear-drop shaped with silky reticulate tunics. The corm inside is yellow and produces leaves at the same time flowering occurs.[3] The white flowers are slender but open widely. The branched stigmas are dark orange-red when the flowers first open and age to cinnamon brown,[3] they are taller than the anthers. The throats of the flowers are variable in color, ranging from yellow, orange, to brown and even blackish.[2] Flowering can occur as early as January if the weather conditions are mild and the plants are winter hardy to USDA zone 6.[3]
It is found growing in evergreen oak scrub and on dry hillside around 1000 meters in altitude; flowering from January till March.[4]
Crocus fleischeri is a species of flowering plant in the genus Crocus of the family Iridaceae. It is a cormous perennial with a native range from the eastern Aegean Islands to western and south western Turkey.
