Crocus carpetanus

Description

“Pet poisonous” – Toxic parts: entire plant The saffron serrano, ( Crocus carpetanus ) is a species of the family of the iridáceas. It is an early flowering plant. It has 2 to 4 leaves, of semi-cylindrical cross section, with 13 soft grooves on the underside and a broad and silvery list on the beam, from 1 to 2.5 mm wide. Tuberibulbo with tunic of reticulated fibers. Solitary hermaphrodite flowers of pale violet or white color. Stamens with yellow anthers, white filaments or very pale yellow, whitish or yellowish style divided into three white or creamy branches that have the apex very widened or imbricated. Meadows and piornales, humid and sunny hills. Indicator of the province Carpetano-Ibérico-Leonesa. From 1200 to 2000 meters above sea level. It grows in corrosion near melting snow. Geophyte. Northwest of France, center and north of Portugal. In Spain in the Central System ( Sierra de Gredos, Guadarrama ) and the Cantabrian Mountains. Crocus carpetanus was described by Boiss. & Reut. and published in Diagnoses Plantarum Novarum Hispanicarum 24. 1842.