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Crocus brachyfilus

species of plant

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionMay 18, 2026
Entity authorityQ27440424
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Crocus brachyfilus, synonym Crocus elegans, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Crocus of the family Iridaceae. It is found in Turkey.

Description

Crocus brachyfilus is a herbaceous perennial geophyte growing from a corm. The corm is subglobose in shape 10–12 mm in height and 10–20 mm wide. The membranous corm has dark brown tunics. The corms produce two leaves typically but sometimes one or three. The flowers opening before the leaves are produced. The hairless, 3–5 mm wide, linear leaves are green with a longitudinal white stripe. The single, fragrant, light to deep blue flower blooms in the fall. The flowers have white throats and are striped with approximately five dark blue veins.

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This entry incorporates text from Crocus brachyfilus” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.