Crocus tournefortii

Crocus tournefortii, the Tournefort crocus, is a species of flowering plant in the iris family Iridaceae.^[1][2] It is from South Greece and Northern Crete.^[3]

Crocus tournefortii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Iridaceae
Genus:	Crocus
Species:	C. tournefortii
Binomial name
Crocus tournefortii J.Gay
Synonyms[1]
Crocus boryi subsp. tournefortii (J.Gay) Greuter, Matthäs & Risse Crocus tournefortianus Herb. Crocus fontenayi Nyman Crocus orphanidis Hook.f. Crocus parvulus Herb. ex Maw Crocus pholegandrius Orph.

Growing to 10 cm (3.9 in), it is a cormous perennial with narrow sword-shaped leaves and pale lilac flowers appearing in autumn and winter. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.^[4]