Crocus olivieri J. Gay

Crocus olivieri is a species of Crocus from Balkans, Albania, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria to Greece and Turkey.^[1][2]

The species is found growing in deciduous scrub and on open hillsides, or in pine woods from sea level to 1500 meters; flowering occurs in January till March.^[2]

Subspecies

• Crocus olivieri subsp. olivieri – Balkan and Turkey
• Crocus olivieri subsp. balansae (J.Gay ex Baker) B. Mathew – endemic round İzmir, West-Turkey. Typically the outside of the flowers are purplish and the styles are divided into twelve branches, unlike the species which has six.^[2]
• Crocus olivieri subsp. istanbulensis B. Mathew, Istanbul, Turkey.

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