Crocus goulimyi

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Crocus goulimyi, the fall crocus, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Crocus and the family Iridaceae. It is endemic to Greece.[https://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/4113912?uid=3739560&uid=2129&uid=2134&uid=2&uid=70&uid=4&uid=3739256&sid=21102428440551 Two new species of monocotyledones from Greece.] Kew Bulletin 10(1) (1955) 59-61. It is a cormous perennial growing to {{convert|10|cm|abbr=on}} tall. The small, rounded, lilac flowers with paler throats appear in autumn.{{cite book|title=RHS A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants|year=2008|publisher=Dorling Kindersley|location=United Kingdom|isbn=978-1405332965|pages=1136}}

It was named in honour of the Greek amateur botanist Constantine Goulimis (1886-1963).

This plant{{cite web|title=RHS Plant Selector - Crocus goulimyi|url=

https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/4893/Crocus-goulimyi/Details | accessdate=15 April 2020}} and the cultivar C. goulimyi subsp. goulimyi 'Mani White'{{cite web|title=RHS Plant Selector - Crocus goulimyi subsp. goulimyi 'Mani White'|url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/72437/Crocus-goulimyi-subsp-goulimyi-Mani-White/Details | accessdate=15 April 2020}} have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.