Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental
Àrea de Botànica, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Crocus cambessedesii J. Gay
Family : IRIDACEAE
Genus : Crocus
Catalan common name : Safrà bord.
Province distribution : Balearic Islands.
Distribution in the islands : Mallorca. Minorca.
General distribution : Mediterranean (Balearic)
Endemisms : Balearic Islands
Flowering time : September. October. November. December.
Life-forms : Geophyte.
Habitat : Costal areas. Rocky crevises.
IUCN Category : Poco preocupante
Characteristics : Wild saffron is easily identifiable just by its leaves because they are very long and narrow, they are very dark green but have a whitish line running from top to bottom. The flowers bloom at the end of autumn at the same time as the yearly leaves grow; these flowers, one to each plant, are white but lined with violet stripes on the side outside the tepals. This is an endemism of Mallorca and Menorca which preferentially lives in the cracks between rocks in coastal and mountain areas.
Status : Endèmica.
