Crocus veluchensis Herb.

Taxonomy: Fam. Iridaceae// Genus: Crocus// Species: Crocus veluchensis Herb.

Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 5 (Tutin et al., 1980).

Lifeform: Perrenial; Geophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native to the Balkan Peninsula according to The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2010) and the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew). 

Habitat:  Found in high altitude rocky terrains, subalpine pastures/ grasslands, European beech forests.

Flowering period: Spring: APR, MAY.

References:

Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1980). Flora Europaea. Volume 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Crocus veluchensis Herb. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:436749-1 [Accessed 10.05.2022].

Crocus veluchensis. The Euro+Med PlantBase. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameCache=Crocus%20veluchensis&PTRefFk=8000000 [Accessed 10.05.2022].