What is Crocus?
{{taxobox |name = ''Crocus'' |image = Crocus longiflorus5.jpg |image_caption = ''Crocus longiflorus'' |regnum = [[Plantae]] |unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]] |unranked_classis = [[Monocots]] |ordo = [[Asparagales]] |familia = [[Iridaceae]] |subfamilia = [[Crocoideae]] |genus = '''''Crocus''''' |genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]] |type_species = ''[[Saffron|Crocus sativus]]'' |type_species_authority = L. |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = See text. }} '''''Crocus''''' (plural: crocuses, croci) is a [[genus]] of [[flowering plant]]s in the [[Iridaceae|iris family]] comprising about 80 species of [[Perennial plant|perennials]] growing from [[corm]]s. Many are cultivated for their flowers appearing in [[autumn]], [[winter]], or [[Spring (season)|spring]]. Crocuses are native to woodland, scrub and meadows from sea level to alpine tundra in central and southern [[Europe]], [[North Africa]] and the Middle East, on the islands of the [[Aegean Sea|Aegean]], and across [[Central Asia]] to western [[China]]. {{biology-stub}} [[category:Iridaceae]] [[category:Flowers]]