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Crocus kosaninii

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Corm tunic parallel fibres but with some reticulation near base. Leaves normally only two, 2-4.5mm wide. Flowers lilac blue with some purple stripes outside, sometimes with a dark basal blotch, the throat yellow, spring. Yugoslavia in woodland and scrub at low altitudes. A quietly attractive late-flowering member of the C. vernus group growing easily in frame or open garden.

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