Iridaceae
Dutch crocus
Crocus vernus
- Family
- Iridaceae
- Genus
- Crocus
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Common names
By language (30)
- Arabic
- زعفران الربيع
- Armenian
- Քրքում գարնանային
- arz
- نبات الزعفران
- Bulgarian
- Син минзухар
- Catalan
- Safrà de muntanya
- Chinese
- 春番紅花, 春番红花, 春番紅, 紫番紅花, 荷兰番红花
- Croatian
- Proljetni šafran
- csb
- Zymkòwi szafran
- Czech
- Šafrán jarní, Šafrán neapolský
- Danish
- Vår-krokus
- Dutch
- Bonte krokus
- English
- Dutch crocus, Dutch crocus, spring crocus, Giant crocus, Spring crocus
- Estonian
- Kevadine krookus
- Finnish
- Kevätsahrami
- German
- Frühlings-Krokus, Weisser Krokus, Frühlings-Safran, Frühlingskrokus, Frühlingssafran, Neapel-Safran
- hsb
- Nalětnja barbička
- Hungarian
- Kerti sáfrány
- Icelandic
- Vorkrókus
- Kurdish
- Pizîlaqa kûçikan
- kw
- Safron
- Latvian
- Pavasara krokuss
- Lithuanian
- Pavasarinis krokas
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Vårkrokus
- Polish
- Szafran wiosenny, Krokus wiosenny
- Romanian
- Brândușa de munte
- Russian
- Шафран весенний
- Slovak
- Šafran bielokvetý
- Slovenian
- Pomladanski žafran, Beli žafran, Nunka
- Swedish
- Vårkrokus
- Welsh
- Saffrwm y gwanwyn
Synonyms
- Crocus acutiflorus Seidl
- Crocus albiflorus Kit. ex Schult.
- Crocus appendiculatus A.Kern. ex Maw
- Crocus caeruleus Weston
- Crocus heuffelianus subsp. albiflorus (Kit. ex Schult.) Nyman
- Crocus montanus Hoppe ex Maw
- Crocus montenegrinus A.Kern. ex Maw
- Crocus napolitanus Loisel.
- Crocus parviflorus (J.Gay) E.H.L.Krause
- Crocus pygmaeus Lojac.
- Crocus rubens Weston
- Crocus sativus var. vernus L.
- Crocus vernus subsp. albiflorus (Kit. ex Schult.) Ces.
- Crocus vernus subvar. albiflorus (Kit. ex Schult.) Herb.
- Crocus vernus var. acutiflorus (Seidl) Nyman
- Crocus vernus var. albiflorus (Kit. ex Schult.) Herb.
- Crocus vernus var. parviflorus J.Gay
- Crocus vilmae Fiala
- Ixia vernalis Salisb.
Flowers
- In flower
- February to May (from 1,239 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Adam Leigh, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Fyodor Pudovikov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Elias, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Alessandra Lugaresi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bernd Haynold, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mirko Ubović, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vera Buhl, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: vcpd, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vera Buhl, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mirko Ubović, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mirko Ubović, CC0, 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.