Flowering Time	Autumn
Distribution	N Jordan
Native Climate	Semi Desert climate. Cool winter, long hot dry summer
Wild Habitat	Dry fields and rocky slopes
Distinctive Features	Pale flower, marked with violet. Corm tunic fibrous, fibres mostly parallel
Closest Relatives	Crocus cartwrightianus
Cultivation Requirements	Winter protection needed. Warm, dry summer rest
Availability	Rarely in specialist seed lists

A little known and rarely cultivated member of the Saffron group. This is a plant known only from a few locations in the wild and quite possibly threatened with extinction. It has relatively small flowers and is of less garden value than the better known and widely grown Crocus cartwrightianus.

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