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Flowering Time |
Late Autumn |
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Distribution |
Mt Hermon; C Israel; W Jordan |
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Native Climate |
Harsh dry continental. Winter rains, summer 6 months drought |
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Wild Habitat |
Rocky places and in scrub, over limestone |
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Distinctive Features |
Pale lilac flowers, orange style divided into 6+ branches. Corm tunic mostly fibrous, parallel or weakly netted |
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Closest Relatives |
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Cultivation Requirements |
Winter protection, summer long, warm, dry rest. Supplementary lighting in winter may be beneficial when grown in higher latitudes |
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Availability |
Rarely available. Sometimes in specialist seed lists |
Recently plants have been observed in the region of distribution, which show a range of intermediate corm tunics between that of Crocus hermoneus and Crocus cancellatus cancellatus. The flowers are indistinguishable from each other. Some revision of the taxonomy of these plants may be made in the future.


