Common name: Autumn Crocus
Scientific name: Crocus nudiflorus 裸花番紅花, 走莖番紅花
Genus: Crocus 番紅花屬
Family: Iridaceae 鳶尾科, iris family
Origin: Neophyte (established after 1500 AD). It is a native of S. W. France and N. Spain. It is introduced into cultivation before 1600 and was first recorded in the wild in 1738.
Date: 8th Oct
found beside metrolink
not yet flowering at 7:40 a.m.
flower bud
base at the flower stalk, no leaves at this stage (already withered when flowering)
side of the flower, perianth tube white
all opened already at 12:42 p.m.
flowers with purple tepals; those flowers with white tepals are believed to be the older flowers, flowers open again on the second day
freshly opened flower, the white anthers are very fresh and the style is still very short (at another location, 10th Oct)
(at another location, 10th Oct)
later, the style becomes longer than the anther now (at another location, 10th Oct)
even later flower, the style is fully developed whereas the anthers now wither a little bit and become yellow in color
white flower are believed the flower that open on the second day again
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