Flowering Time	Spring
Distribution	Croatia; Bosnia; Albania
Native Climate	Cool Mediterranean
Wild Habitat	Grassy places and scrub, over limestone
Distinctive Features	Flower shades of lilac, often with variously marked yellowish outer petals. Papery corm tunic
Closest Relatives	Crocus reticulatus; Crocus sieberi
Cultivation Requirements	Cool moist winter, warm drier summer. (Does not want excessive drying in summer. Commercial form is grown outside in some UK gardens)
Availability	Horticultural clone widely available from bulb suppliers. ‘Wild’ forms in specialist and seed lists

Crocus dalmaticus – horticultural trade fm

Crocus dalmaticus – a distinctive wild form

Reticulated (netted) fibrous corm tunic.