Iridaceae
Snow crocus
Crocus chrysanthus
- Family
- Iridaceae
- Genus
- Crocus
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Common names
By language (19)
- Arabic
- زعفران ذهبي
- Bulgarian
- Златист шафран, Златистоцветен минзухар
- Chinese
- 金黃番紅花, 金黄番红花
- Czech
- Šafrán zlatý
- Dutch
- Botanische krokus, Vroege krokus
- English
- Snow crocus
- Estonian
- Kuldõieline krookus
- Finnish
- Kultasahrami
- German
- Kleiner Krokus
- Greek
- Κρόκος ο χρυσανθής
- Icelandic
- Tryggðakrókus
- lah
- بسنتی کیسر
- Latvian
- Zeltziedu krokuss
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Begerkrokus
- Russian
- Шафран золотистый
- Swedish
- Bägarkrokus
- Turkish
- Sarı çiğdem
- Ukrainian
- Шафран золотистий
- Welsh
- Saffrwm euraid
Synonyms
- Crocus annulatus var. chrysanthus Herb.
Flowers
- In flower
- February to March (from 118 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
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Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Karolína Dvořáková, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, 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). About our plant data.