Crocus speciosus

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title: "Crocus speciosus" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["crocus", "flora-of-bulgaria", "flora-of-the-crimean-peninsula", "garden-plants-of-asia", "garden-plants-of-europe", "plants-described-in-1800"] description: "Species of flowering plant" topic_path: "general/crocus" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crocus_speciosus" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Species of flowering plant ::

| image = Crocus speciosus flower close-up.jpg | image_caption = Flower showing the divided styles | genus = Crocus | species = speciosus | authority = M.Bieb.

Crocus speciosus, with common name Bieberstein's crocus, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Crocus of the family Iridaceae. The plant is native to northern and central Turkey, the Caucasus, northern Iran, Crimea and Bulgaria.

Crocus speciosus is a cormous perennial growing to 10 - tall. The lilac flowers with paler coloured throats and dark veins appear in autumn (fall). The orange styles are much-divided.

The specific epithet speciosus means "showy".

It is cultivated as an ornamental plant. As it increases rapidly, it is suitable for naturalisation in grass. The species, and the white-flowered cultivar 'Albus', have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Subspecies

As listed by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families:

• Crocus speciosus subsp. ilgazensis B.Mathew - Turkey
• Crocus speciosus subsp. speciosus - Turkey, Iran, Caucasus, Crimea
• Crocus speciosus subsp. xantholaimos B.Mathew - Sinop Province in Turkey

References

References

1. {{GRIN
2. [http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=327734 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
3. (2023). "Crocus speciosus (Iridaceae)-A New Species for the Bulgarian Flora". Plants.
4. Harrison, Lorraine. (2012). "RHS Latin for gardeners". Mitchell Beazley.
5. (2008). "RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants". Dorling Kindersley.
6. "RHS Plant Selector - ''Crocus speciosus''".
7. "RHS Plant Selector - ''Crocus speciosus'' 'Albus'".

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