Crocus angustifolius
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Details Top
| Internal ID | UUID6440283deb21d371403319 |
| Scientific name | Crocus angustifolius |
| Authority | Weston |
| First published in | Bot. Univ. 2: 238 (1771) |
Description Top
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Crocus angustifolius, commonly known as the cloth-of-gold crocus, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Crocus of the family Iridaceae. It is native to southern Ukraine and Armenia, and is a cormous perennial growing to 5 cm (2.0 in) tall and wide. The narrow grass-like leaves with silver central stripe appear in late winter or early spring, followed by bright yellow fragrant flowers with maroon blotches on the outer petals. It is widely cultivated and has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. It is winter hardy to USDA zone 5.
Synonyms Top
| Scientific name | Authority | First published in |
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| Crocus fulvus | Pall. ex Haw. | Bot. Mag. 67: t. 3866. 1841 (1841) |
| Crocus revolutus | Haw. | Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 136 (1812) |
| Crocus roegnerianus | K.Koch | Linnaea 21: 634 (1848) |
| Crocus susianus | Ker Gawl. | Bot. Mag. 18: t. 652 (1803) |
| Crocus reticulatus var. aureus | Trautv. | Bull. Cl. Phys.-Math. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 17: 329. 1859 |
| Crocus reticulatus var. reflexus | Herb. | Bot. Mag. 67: t. 3866. 1841 |
| Crocus versicolor var. caucasicus | Herb. | Bot. Mag. 67: t. 3871. 1841 |
Common names Top
Add a new one! Suggest a correction!| Language | Common/alternative name |
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| English | cloth of gold |
| Bulgarian | теснолист шафран |
| German | goldbrokat-krokus |
| Finnish | armeniansahrami |
| Icelandic | geislakrókus |
| Russian | Шафран узколистный |
| Swedish | strimkrokus |
| Ukrainian | Шафран вузьколистий |
| Chinese | 高加索番红花 |
Germination/Propagation Top
Suggest a correction or add new data!| Expose seeds to natural outdoor winter conditions for 3 months, then gradually increase light and temperature in the spring. |
| best sown in fall; grow seedlings @ 4°C; leave in pot for 2 years before planting out |
Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top
Legend for the distribution data:
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- Extinct
- Introduced
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Eastern Europe
- Krym
- Ukraine
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Eastern Europe
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Northern America click to expand
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Northeastern U.S.A.
- Connecticut
- Massachusetts
- New York
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Northeastern U.S.A.
Links to other databases Top
Suggest others/fix!| Database | ID/link to page |
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| World Flora Online | wfo-0000788518 |
| USDA Plants | CRAN5 |
| Tropicos | 100173600 |
| KEW | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77111140-1 |
| The Plant List | kew-327130 |
| Open Tree Of Life | 11802 |
| Observations.org | 116917 |
| NCBI Taxonomy | 481017 |
| Nature Serve | 2.156065 |
| IPNI | 77111140-1 |
| iNaturalist | 55768 |
| GBIF | 2747704 |
| Freebase | /m/0n5vvft |
| EOL | 488244 |
| Elurikkus | 295174 |
| Wikipedia | Crocus_angustifolius |
Genomes (via NCBI) Top
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Scientific Literature Top
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| Characteristics of NtCCD1-3 from tobacco, and protein engineering of the CCD1 to enhance β-ionone production in yeast | Gong X, Li F, Liang Y, Han X, Wen M | Front Microbiol | 23-Sep-2022 |
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| Diversity and relationships of Crocus sativus and its relatives analysed by inter-retroelement amplified polymorphism (IRAP) | Alsayied NF, Fernández JA, Schwarzacher T, Heslop-Harrison JS | Ann Bot | 01-Jul-2015 |
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| First Nuclear DNA Amounts in more than 300 Angiosperms | ZONNEVELD BJ, LEITCH IJ, BENNETT MD | Ann Bot | 19-May-2005 |
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Phytochemical Profile Top
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Collections Top
| In private collections | 0 |
| In public collections | 0 |