Crocus cartwrightianus
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{{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'' — 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>
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==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]
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[[Category:Iridaceae]]
[[fr:Crocus cartwrightianus]]