Crocus carpetanus, Boiss. & Reuter

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12. C. carpetanus Boiss. & Reuter , Diagn. Pl. Nov. Hisp. 24 (1842).

Corm-tunic fibrous, the fibres finely reticulate and extended into a distinct neck. Leaves 2-4, 1-2-5 mm wide, present at anthesis, semi-terete, shallowly grooved below. Flowers solitary, pale lilac, often finely veined darker; throat whitish or slightly yellowish, glabrous. Prophyll absent. Bract and bracteole subequal, well-exserted from the cataphylls, membranous, white. Perianth-tube 4-8 cm, whitish or purplish; segments 2-3-6 x 0-8-1-5 cm, oblanceolate, rounded. Anthers yellow. Style whitish or pale yellow, shorter than to slightly exceeding the stamens, divided obscurely into 3 branches, which are muchexpanded and fimbriate at the apex. Capsule c. 1 cm, subglobose; seeds subglobose, pale brown; strophiole indistinct. Flowering from April to May. 2n = 64. Meadows and stony places in mountains. • C. & N. W. Spain, N. Portugal. Hs Lu.