Crocus veluchensis is a species of flowering plant in the genus Crocus of the family Iridaceae. It is a cormous perennial native to central and southern Albania, Bulgaria, Greece and North Macedonia.[1] In Bulgaria it is widespread in the mountain ranges of Rila, Pirin, the Rhodope Mountains, the Balkan Mountains, Sredna Gora, Vitosha, Belasitsa, Slavyanka and others.

Crocus veluchensis
Crocus veluchensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Iridaceae
Genus: Crocus
Species:
C. veluchensis
Binomial name
Crocus veluchensis
Herb.
Synonyms
  • Crocus balcanensis Janka
  • Crocus orbelicus Stoj.
  • Crocus pallasii Griseb.
  • Crocus tomoricus Markgr.
  • Crocus veluchensis var. micranthus Randjel. & D.A.Hill

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  1. ^ "Crocus veluchensis Herb. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2022-01-10.