About Crocus corsicus Vanucchi
Crocus corsicus Vanucchi is a cormous perennial that grows 8–10 cm (3.1–3.9 in) tall. Its corm is tear-drop shaped, with fine-reticulate, fibrous tunics. Each blooming corm produces one or two slender, fragrant flowers; the interiors of these flowers range from pale to bright reddish violet. The outer surfaces of the flower tepals are buff-colored with dark purple feathering. This species has a bright orange-red stigma, and its flowering period runs from January to April. Its chromosome count is 2n = 18. Crocus minimus, another species that grows on Corsica and Sardinia, looks very similar to C. corsicus, but the two can be distinguished easily by stigma color: C. corsicus has a reddish-orange stigma, while C. minimus has a yellow stigma. Crocus corsicus has received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
