Crocus baytopiorum is a species of flowering plant in the genus Crocus of the family Iridaceae. It is a cormous perennial native to Turkey.
Crocus baytopiorum is a spring flowering herbaceous perennial geophyte growing from a corm. The 13 cm wide corm is a flatted egg shape. The tunic around the corm has thick fibers and is coarsely netted. A spathe (sheath that covers the flower before it opens) subtends the inflorescence. The pale blue flowers are distinctive.[1] The arillate seeds are red with a pointed end.[2]
Crocus baytopiorum is native to limestone screes, rocky gullies, in open pine and juniper woodland.[1] Flowering occurs in February.[3]
The species was named in honor of Professors Turhan & Asuman Baytop from Istanbul,[2] who discovered it in 1973 and it was described by the Kew botanist Brian Mathew.[1]
Crocus baytopiorum is a species of flowering plant in the genus Crocus of the family Iridaceae. It is a cormous perennial native to Turkey.
