Crocus cartwrightianus 3502385 196498161 2008-03-07T09:09:54Z JoJan 58781 rm color to allow taxobox autocoloration and remove vandalism magnet {{Taxobox | name = ''Crocus cartwrightianus'' | image = Crocus cartwrightianus 'Albus'.jpg | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Liliopsida]] | ordo = [[Asparagales]] | familia = [[Iridaceae]] | genus = ''[[Crocus]]'' | species = '''''C. cartwrightianus''''' | binomial = ''Crocus cartwrightianus'' | binomial_authority = [[William Herbert|Herb.]] }} '''''Crocus cartwrightianus''''' is an eastern [[Mediterranean]] autumn-flowering species of [[crocus]], and is of the family [[Iridaceae]] ([[Iris (plant)|iris]]es). ''C. cartwrightianus'' is the wild precursor of the domesticated and now widely cultivated triploid ''C. sativus'' &mdash; the [[saffron]] crocus flower. This species is commonly found growing on [[limestone]] soil areas of the [[Attica Peninsula]] of [[Greece]].<ref>[http://www.cababstractsplus.org/google/abstract.asp?AcNo=20043148620 ''Crocus cartwrightianus'' on of the Attica Peninsula]</ref> There is evidence that this plant was cultivated in ancient [[Crete]] at least as early as the Middle Minoan Period, as exhibited by a mural, the "Saffron Gatherer", illustrating the gathering of crocuses.<ref>[http://letmespeaktothedriver.com/site/10854/knossos.html#fieldnotes C.Michael Hogan, ''Knossos Fieldnotes'', the Modern Antiquarian (2007)]</ref> ==Line notes== {{reflist}} ==References== *[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?12251 USDA GRIN] *[http://www.cababstractsplus.org/google/abstract.asp?AcNo=20043148620 Cab Abstracts] {{Iridaceae-stub}} [[Category:Iridaceae]] [[fr:Crocus cartwrightianus]]