Spring Crocus / Bijeli šafran

Description:

Flowers are commonly white but can be purple of striped. Corm tunic fine fibres, can be slightly netted.

Habitat:

A mountain plant with a widespread distribution from the Pyrenees in the South through the Alps to Czechoslovakia. Generally smaller flowered than Crocus vernus vernus, it occupies a different habitat where the two subspecies do occur in close localities, often seen flowering as the snow melts in spring or summer.

Notes:

Edible and known for it specific flavor.