DUTCH CROCUS
YELLOW CROCUS
Crocus × Stellaris
Iris Family [Iridaceae] 
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Iris Family [Iridaceae]
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| 5th March 2010, Dunham Massey, Cheshire. | Photo: © RWD |
| Amidst an outcrop of Spring Crocuses and Snowdrops. |
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| 20th Match 2009, Turton, Greater Manchester. | Photo: © RWD |
| The flowers six-petalled and never opening fully. The stems are thin and white. |
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| 20th Match 2009, Turton, Greater Manchester. | Photo: © RWD |
| A distinguishing feature are the brownish- purple streaks extending up the stem right up into the petals. The leaves are grass-like. |
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| 7th March 2010, Walkden, Greater Manchester. | Photo: © RWD |
| A white paperish bract loosely clads the flower-stem. The leaves are grass-like: long and narrow, but with a whitish band up the centre-line. |
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| 7th March 2010, Walkden, Greater Manchester. | Photo: © RWD |
| The whitish streak up the centres of the narrow leaves is evident. |
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| 7th March 2010, Walkden, Greater Manchester. | Photo: © RWD |
| There are three yellow stamens within the goblet of the flower. The whitish or paler-green stripe up the leaves is very prominent. |
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This is the Hybrid between: Golden Yellow Crocus [Crocus flavus] and Crocus augustifolius (which has no wild existence in the U.K.)
Some similarities to : It is usually found in Gardens, but in the wild is a casual; only occasionally being well established. ANY TEXT GOES HERE |
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Iris Family [Iridaceae]
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