Crocus pulchellus

Crocus pulchellus, the hairy crocus is a species of flowering plant in the family Iridaceae.^[2][1][3] It is found the Northern Balkan Peninsula to Northwestern Turkey.^[4]

Crocus pulchellus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Iridaceae
Genus:	Crocus
Species:	C. pulchellus
Binomial name
Crocus pulchellus Herb.
Synonyms[1]
Crocus constantinopolitanus Hertoldt ex Maw

Growing to 10 cm (3.9 in), it is a cormous perennial, with pale lilac-blue flowers produced in the autumn, before the leaves appear. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.^[5]