Iris Family [Iridaceae] |
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5th March 2010, Dunham Massey, Cheshire. | Photo: © RWD |
Amidst an outcrop of Spring Crocuses and Snowdrops. |
20th Match 2009, Turton, Greater Manchester. | Photo: © RWD |
The flowers six-petalled and never opening fully. The stems are thin and white. |
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. |
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. |
7th March 2010, Walkden, Greater Manchester. | Photo: © RWD |
The whitish streak up the centres of the narrow leaves is evident. |
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. |
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. Crocuses exhibit Thermonasty, a means shared only by Tulips, of opening and closing the flower as the temperature changes.
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Crocus | × stellaris | ⇐ Global Aspect ⇒ | Iridaceae |
Crocus (Crocuses) |
Iris Family [Iridaceae] |