Crocus cvijicii, Kosanin

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1980, Flora Europaea. Volume 5. Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 96

18. C. cvijicii Kosanin , Gias Srpske Kralj. Akad. 119: 23 (1926).

Corm-tunic finely fibrous, reticulate. Leaves 2-4, 1-5- 3 mm wide, present at anthesis. Flowers solitary, pale cream to deep orange-yellow; throat pubescent. Prophyll absent. Bract and bracteole present, well-exserted from the cataphylls and more or less equalling the perianth-tube. Perianth-tube 1-5-3-5 cm, whitish or rarely purple; segments 1-5-4 x0-6-0-9 cm, oblanceolate, obtuse. Anthers orange-yellow. Style orange, about equalling the stamens, obscurely divided into 3 expanded stigmatic branches. Capsule 1-1-5 cm, ellipsoid; seeds subglobose, with a distinct strophiole, reddish-brown. Flowering from April to June. 2h=18. Snow-patches, 1800-2300 m. • Mountains of Macedonia and E. Albania. Al Gr Ju.