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Read about Crocus biflorus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Crocus biflorus, Mill. Scotch Crocus. Conn ¾in. or less in diam.: Lvs. 4-6, overtopping the fls., very narrow, with deflexed edges and a white central band: upper spathe 2-lvd.: perianth-tube exserted, the segms. 1½ in. long, purple-tinged, the outer ones 3-striped down the back, the throat bearded and yellowish; anthers orange, exceeding the filaments; style-branches orange- red. S. and S. W. Eu. B.M. 845.—Runs into many forms, some of them almost white. Some of the named botanical forms are: Var. argenteus, Baker (C. argenteus, Sabine. C. praecox, Haw. C. lineatus, Jan). Less robust and with only 3 or 4 Lvs. to a tuft and smaller fls. more tinged with purple and the outer segms. dark-striped outside. Italy. B.M. 2991 (as C. minimus. Var. pusillus, Baker (C. pusulus, Tenore). Fls. smaller than in var. argenteus, paler, the 3 outer segms. striped with dark purple. Italy. B.R. 1987 (var. estriatus, with petals pale purple and not striped). Var. Weldenii, Baker (C. Weldenii, Hoppe), with uniform slaty purple limb. Dalmatia. B.M. 6211. Var. Adamii, Baker (C. Adamii, Gay). Limb pale purple, the outer segms. 1-colored or with 3 pale purple stripes. Caucasus. B.M. 3868 (as C. annulatus var. Adamicus). Var. nubigenus, Herb. Segms. very small and nearly white, the outer ones with a broad band of purple on the back. Asia Minor. Var. Pestalozzae (C. Pestalozzae, Boiss.). Small-fld., with 1-colored whitish segms. Asia Minor. Var. Alexandri, Hort. (C. Alexandri, Velen. Fls. larger than in C. biflorus type; outer segms. flushed all over the back with bright lilac and with a narrow margin of white, or often with only feather-like stripes on white grounds. B.M. 7740. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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