Crocus veluchensis Herb.

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

Determined according to the botanical key provided by Mathew (1980 in Tutin et al.).

Lifeform: Perennial plant. 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). Balkan endemic.

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

Flowering period: Spring (APR, MAY).

*Crocus veluchensis* – habit in habitat. Osogovo, Ponikva, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

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. Source: 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].

Crocus veluchensis. The Euro+Med Plantbase. Source: 2010: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/13598172-4ed8-44bb-ab26-aedc8dfba5a1 [Accessed 10.05.2022].

Mathew, B. F. 1980. Crocus L. In Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. (eds.), Flora Europaea. Volume 5. Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 92–99.

Last update: 27.03.2026.

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