Spring Crocus
Scientific Name: Crocus vernus
Spring Crocus
| Genus species: | Crocus vernus | |||||||||||
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| Synonym: | Crocus angustifolius | |||||||||||
| Common Name: | Spring Crocus | |||||||||||
| Family Name: | Iridaceae 
Perennial herbs; leaves basal or alternate, usually distichous, linear to swordlike, parallel-veined and often equitant; flowers bisexual, regular or irregular, bracteate, in terminal clusters; fruit a capsule. | |||||||||||
| Seed Type | Angiosperm | |||||||||||
| Origin:
Native: native to North America. Non-native: not native to North America. Introduced Native: native to North America, but not Rowe Woods. * Definitions based on the USDA terminology |
Nonnative | |||||||||||
| Category: | Wildflower | |||||||||||
| Flower Color: | Violet/Blue White | |||||||||||
| Identified by: | A. Swanson | |||||||||||
| Months in Bloom The highlighted month(s) in this chart indicates the month(s) the plant has been observed blooming. | ||||||||||||
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