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Crocus sativus, commonly known as saffron crocus or autumn crocus, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the iris family Iridaceae. A cormous autumn-flowering cultivated perennial , unknown in the wild, [ 2 ] it is best known for the culinary use of its floral stigmas as the spice saffron .
It grows slowly, but is very tough and resistant to wind. In exposed positions, in direct sun or wind, it will tend to grow shorter, lower and denser. It forms an attractive, domed shape, with a saffron-coloured trunk and often multi-coloured foliage. The fruits attract great numbers of birds, and the flowers have a pleasant fragrance. [2]
Colchicum autumnale, commonly known as autumn crocus, meadow saffron, [3] naked boys [4] or naked ladies, [5] is a toxic autumn-blooming flowering plant that resembles the true crocuses, but is a member of the plant family Colchicaceae, unlike the true crocuses, which belong to the family Iridaceae.
Crocus (/ ˈ k r oʊ k ə s /; plural: crocuses or croci) is a genus of seasonal flowering plants in the family Iridaceae (iris family) comprising about 100 species of perennials growing from corms. They are low growing plants, whose flower stems remain underground, that bear relatively large white, yellow, orange or purple flowers and then ...
The plant blooms from early summer to early fall with the most profuse number of flowers in mid-summer. With a long tap root (it’s a member of the carrot family!), it’s drought-tolerant and ...
Colchicum bulbocodium, the spring meadow saffron, is a species of alpine bulbous plant native to mountain ranges across Europe from the Pyrenees to the Caucasus (Spain, France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Romania, the former Yugoslavia, Ukraine and southern European Russia). [1] [2] It is cultivated as an ornamental plant in many places.
Saffron-based pigments have indeed been found in 50,000-year-old depictions of prehistoric places in northwest Iran. [87] [88] The Sumerians later used wild-growing saffron in their remedies and magical potions. [89] Saffron was an article of long-distance trade before the Minoan palace culture's 2nd millennium BC peak.
Key plants that grow there include the herbal and citrusy buchu, wild rosemary, proteas, and rooibos. Boschendal Wine Estate is located in Groot, part of South Africa’s Franschhoek Valley, which ...