Iridaceae
Woodland crocus
Crocus tommasinianus
- Family
- Iridaceae
- Genus
- Crocus
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Common names
By language (18)
- Bulgarian
- Томасиниев минзухар
- Chinese
- 托马西尼番紫花, 秋水仙番红花
- Czech
- Šafrán Tommasiniho
- Danish
- Sne-Krokus
- Dutch
- Boerenkrokus
- English
- Woodland crocus, Early crocus, Tomasini's crocus, Tommasini's crocus
- Finnish
- Tähtisahrami
- German
- Elfen-Krokus, Tommasini-Krokus, Elfenkrokus
- hsb
- Tomasinowa barbička
- Hungarian
- Illír sáfrány
- Icelandic
- Snækrókus
- lah
- ٹوماسینی کیسر
- Latvian
- Tomazīni krokuss
- Macedonian
- Снежна качунка
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Snøkrokus
- Polish
- Szafran Tommasiniego
- Swedish
- Snökrokus
- Welsh
- Saffrwm cynnar
Synonyms
- Crocus serbicus A.Kern. ex Maw
- Crocus tommasinianus f. jeremicii Randjel.
- Crocus vernus var. tommasinianus (Herb.) Nyman
Flowers
- In flower
- February to March (from 656 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: M. Whitson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: jonsense, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sandy Wolkenberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: capital_growth, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Martyn M aka Martyx, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vera Buhl, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: nell broersma, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Vera Buhl, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: pru Hamed, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marco Alberto Franchini, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Quentin His, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.