Crocus laevigatus
Species of flowering plant
Crocus laevigatus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Iridaceae |
Genus: | Crocus |
Species: | C. laevigatus |
Binomial name | |
Crocus laevigatus Bory & Chaub. |
Crocus laevigatus, the smooth crocus, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Crocus of the family Iridaceae, endemic to Crete, Greece.[1]
Growing to 10 cm (3.9 in), it is a cormous perennial, with narrow swordlike leaves, and pale lilac or white flowers with a yellow centre, appearing in Autumn. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[2]
The Latin specific epithet laevigatus means "smooth".[3]
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