Not legally protected till the last update of this website (25/Sep/2021)
Red List (1989) :
Threatened status for the Maltese Islands and has been listed in the Red Data Book (1st ed.)
Flowering Time :
November – December
Colour of Flowers:
Violet
Name Derivation :
Crocus: old name for the plant saffron. (Both Latin and Greek origin) )
longiflorus: literally meaning long-flowered; for the long throat (neck) of the flower. ( )
Remarks :
Present in two locations, one of which is extensive and scattered within and area of about 8 square kilometres.
Description, Habitat and Distribution
Habitat in Europe:
Grassland and wood-margins.
Preferred habitat in Malta:
Grassy land in rocky places and garigue.
Botanical Description:
Corm-tunic finely fibrous, reticulate. Leaves 1-3 mm wide, present but sometimes very short at anthesis. Flowers 1-2, lilac to purple, often with darker veins externally; throat yellow, glabrous or sparsely pubescent. Prophyll present. Bracteole absent; bract membranous, white, tinged and veined with green towards the apex, well-exserted from the cataphylls. Perianth-tube 5-16 cm, yellow, sometimes with purple stripes; segments 2.2-4.3 x 0.7-1.6 cm, oblanceolate or obovate, obtuse to subacute. Anthers yellow. Style orange-red, rarely yellow, shorter than to exceeding the stamens, 3-branched; branches expanded and fimbriate or lobed at the apex. Capsule 1.2-1.5 cm, ellipsoid; seeds brown, subglobose; strophiole indistinct. Flowering from October to November.
Chromosome number:
2n=28
Distributional range:
S.W. Italy, Sicilia, Malta.
Distributional map in Europe and the Mediterranean region (2018):
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Species Images (44 images)
Crocus longiflorus - Image Code: CRCLF-0.
Crocus longiflorus - Image Code: CRCLF-1.
Crocus longiflorus - Image Code: CRCLF-2.
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Crocus longiflorus - Image Code: CRCLF-22.
Crocus longiflorus - Image Code: CRCLF-23.
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Crocus longiflorus - Image Code: CRCLF-25.
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Crocus longiflorus - Image Code: CRCLF-28.
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Crocus longiflorus - Image Code: CRCLF-30.
Crocus longiflorus - Image Code: CRCLF-31.
Crocus longiflorus - Image Code: CRCLF-32.
Crocus longiflorus - Image Code: CRCLF-33.
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Crocus longiflorus - Image Code: CRCLF-41.
Crocus longiflorus - Image Code: CRCLF-42.
Crocus longiflorus - Image Code: CRCLF-43.
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