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Scattered throughout England. It is widely grown and should occur elsewhere. Habitat includes: grassy places such as gardens, parks, allotments, churchyards etc. Growing habit: Cormous Perennial. Height: Up to 10 cm. Flowers: February to March.

Stace 4:

Crocus chrysanthus (Herb.) Herb. - Golden Crocus.

Corm-covering not fibrous, splitting horizontally at base; leaves mostly 0.5-2.5mm wide; perianth deep yellow, usually with dark streaks outside, with darker or bronzy or purplish tube, with yellow, glabrous throat; (2n=8, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 19, 20). Neophyte-naturalised; in grassy places; Britain North to Cheviot, Isle of Man; Balkans and Turkey.

Key:

• Perianth predominantly pale to deep yellow, sometimes tinged or striped dark purple
• Corm with covering splitting horizontally into rings at base, scarcely vertically and not becoming fibrous or reticulated; ground colour of flowers creamy-white to yellow

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