Crocus thomasii
Species of flowering plant
Crocus thomasii | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Iridaceae |
Genus: | Crocus |
Species: | C. thomasii |
Binomial name | |
Crocus thomasii Ten. | |
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Crocus thomasii is a species of flowering plant in the genus Crocus of the family Iridaceae. It is a cormous perennial native from southern Italy to Croatia.
In the 19th century around Taranto, South Italy, Crocus thomasii stigmas were harvested from the wild and used to flavour dishes as a kind of wild saffron.[1]
References
- ^ Maw, George (1886). A Monograph of the Genus Crocus. Soho Square, London: Dulau and Co. p. 87. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
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