Iridaceae
Cloth of gold
Crocus angustifolius
- Family
- Iridaceae
- Genus
- Crocus
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Common names
By language (11)
- Bulgarian
- Теснолист шафран
- Chinese
- 高加索番红花
- English
- Cloth of gold
- Finnish
- Armeniansahrami
- German
- Goldbrokat-Krokus, Goldlack-Krokus
- Icelandic
- Geislakrókus
- Latvian
- Šaurlapu krokuss
- os
- Нарæгсыфджын уæдæрттæг
- Russian
- Шафран узколистный
- Swedish
- Strimkrokus
- Ukrainian
- Шафран вузьколистий
Synonyms
- Crocus fulvus Pall. ex Haw.
- Crocus reticulatus subvar. reflexus (Herb.) Herb.
- Crocus reticulatus var. aureus Trautv.
- Crocus reticulatus var. reflexus Herb.
- Crocus revolutus Haw.
- Crocus roegnerianus K.Koch
- Crocus susianus Ker Gawl.
- Crocus versicolor var. caucasicus Herb.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Drew Avery, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: diliavier, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Averater, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Averater, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.