Iridaceae

Crocus minimus Redouté

Family: Iridaceae
Genus: Crocus

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Crocus minimus (Crocus minimus) — FlowerPhoto: Peter de Lange, CC0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (5)

arz: الزعفران الصغير
Corsican: Zafranu minutu
German: Kleinster Krokus
Spanish: Azafran enano, Azafrán enano
Swedish: Sardinienkrokus

Synonyms

Bulbocodium elongatum (Vahl) Kuntze
Crocus insularis J.Gay
Crocus insularis var. geminiflorus Herb.
Crocus insularis var. medius Herb.
Crocus insularis var. minimus (Redouté) Herb.
Crocus minimus var. corsicus J.Gay
Crocus minimus var. sardous Fiori & Paol.
Crocus nanus Duby
Ixia elongata Vahl
Romulea elongata (Vahl) Baker
Trichonema bulbocodium var. elongatum (Vahl) Steud.
Trichonema elongatum (Vahl) Ker Gawl.

Flowers

In flower: February to April (from 18 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Peter de Lange, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Peter de Lange, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Mustapha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Davide Puddu, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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: Drepanostoma, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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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.