Crocus cartwrightianus
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| Crocus cartwrightianus Herb. |
Crocus cartwrightianus is an eastern Mediterranean autumn-flowering species of crocus, and is of the family Iridaceae (irises). C. cartwrightianus is the wild precursor of the domesticated and now widely cultivated C. sativus — the saffron crocus flower.
