Iridaceae
Autumn crocus
Crocus sativus
- Family
- Iridaceae
- Genus
- Crocus
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Common names
By language (49)
- Arabic
- زعفران مزروع, جادي, رهقان, زعفران, عبير, كروكو
- Asturian
- Azafrán
- azb
- عادی زعفران
- Azerbaijani
- Əkin zəfəranı
- Bangla
- জাফরান
- Basque
- Azafrai
- Bhojpuri
- केसर के पौधा, क्रोकस सैटाइवस, सैफ्रॉन क्रोकस
- Bulgarian
- Шафранов минзухар
- Burmese
- ကုံကုမံပင်
- Catalan
- Safranera, Safrà
- Chinese
- 番紅花, 番红花, 藏红花, 西红花, 紅藍花, 紫述香, 草麝香, 藏紅花
- Czech
- Šafrán setý
- Danish
- Safrankrokus
- Dutch
- Saffraankrokus
- English
- Autumn crocus, Saffron crocus, Saffron flower
- Estonian
- Safrankrookus
- Finnish
- Maustesahrami, Sahramikrookus
- frr
- Safraan, Saweraan
- Galician
- Azafrán
- German
- Broze, Brugo, Chruogo, Croc, Gewürzsafran, Kruago, Saffaran, Saffaren
- Hungarian
- Jóféle sáfrány
- Irish
- Cróch safrón
- Italian
- Zafferano vero, Zafferano
- Japanese
- サフラン, サフランの原種, 咱夫藍, 洎夫藍, 洎夫蘭, 薬用サフラン
- Kazakh
- Екпе запыран
- Kurdish
- Gula hesretê, Hanek, Sefran, Zeferan, Zehferan
- kw
- Safron
- Latvian
- Safrāna krokuss
- Lithuanian
- Daržinis krokas
- Luxembourgish
- Safran, Safron, Zafron
- Macedonian
- Качунка, Шафран
- Malayalam
- ക്രോക്കസ് സാറ്റിവസ്
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Safrankrokus, C. sativus
- os
- Таугæ уæдæрттæг
- Persian
- کروکاس ساتیوس
- Polish
- Szafran uprawny
- Portuguese
- Açafrão
- Russian
- Шафран посевной, Крокус шафрановый, Шафрановый крокус
- Serbian (Latin)
- Šafran
- shn
- တူၼ်ႈသွႆႈမူဝ်ပၢင်ႇလၢႆႇ
- Slovak
- Šafran siaty
- Slovenian
- Pravi žafran
- Spanish
- Azafrán
- Swedish
- Saffranskrokus
- Tajik
- Заъфарон
- Thai
- หญ้าฝรั่น
- Ukrainian
- Шафран посівний
- Uzbek
- Zaʼfaron
- Vietnamese
- Nghệ tây
Synonyms
- Crocus autumnalis Sm.
- Crocus officinalis (L.) Honck.
- Crocus orsinii Parl.
- Crocus pendulus Stokes
- Crocus sativus subsp. orsinii (Parl.) K.Richt.
- Crocus sativus var. cashmerianus Royle
- Crocus sativus var. officinalis L.
- Crocus sativus var. orsinii (Parl.) Maw
- Crocus serotinus subsp. serotinus
- Crocus setifolius Stokes
- Geanthus autumnalis Raf.
- Safran officinarum Medik.
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Andrea Monsalve, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Liné1, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Julia Henning, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Liné1, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Discovery75, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nasser Halaweh, 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); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.