Crocus banaticus, Gay

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1980, Flora Europaea. Volume 5. Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 99

43. C. banaticus Gay , Bull. Sci. Nat. Géol. 25: 320 (1831).

Corm-tunic finely fibrous, the fibres parallel at the base, reticulate at the apex. Leaves 1-3, 5-7(-10) mm wide, absent at anthesis. Flowers solitary, lilac to purple, slightly veined; throat lilac, glabrous. Prophyll present. Bracteole absent; bract membranous, green at the apex, well-exserted from the cataphylls. Perianthtube 10-21 cm, white at base, lilac at the apex; segments very unequal, the inner 2-3-3 x 1-2-1-3 cm, the outer 3-7-5 x 1-3-2-5 cm, oblanceolate to obovate, acute. Anthers yellow. Style lilac, exceeding the stamens, dissected into many slender branches. Capsule 1-2-1-5 cm, ellipsoid; seeds reddish-brown, ellipsoid, with a distinct strophiole. Flowering from September to October. 2« = 26. Meadows, woods and thickets. • N.C. & W. Romania, just extending into N.E. Jugoslavia and W. Ukraine. Ju Rm Rs (W).