title: Crocus (disambiguation)
text: # Crocus (disambiguation)
  
  Crocus is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the family Iridaceae.
  
  Crocus may also refer to:
  
  ## Plants
  
  * Colchicum autumnale or autumn crocus, a medicinal plant in the family Colchicaceae
  * Pulsatilla nuttalliana, or prairie crocus, a North American plant in the family Ranunculaceae
  
  ## People
  
  * Crocus (general) (fl. 2nd-century BC), Ptolemaic admiral and governor of Cyprus
  * Chrocus (fl. 260–306), leader of the Alamanni
  
  ## Ships
  
  * Belgian minehunter Crocus (M917), a Tripartite class minehunter
  * Crocus class brig-sloop, a 14-gun class of brig-sloops built for the Royal Navy
  * HMS Crocus, four ships of the Royal Navy
  * USS Crocus (1862), a Union Navy ship
  
  ## Other
  
  * Crocus, Kentucky, US, an unincorporated community
  * Crocus (mythology), a figure in Greek mythology
  * Crocus (textile) or Hessian fabric or burlap, a coarse cloth
  * CROCUS, a nuclear reactor operated by the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
  * Crocus Investment Fund, a Canadian mutual fund company
  * Crocus Technology, a company developing advanced TMR sensors
  * 1220 Crocus, a main-belt asteroid
  