Crocus pulchellus

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant in the family Iridaceae}}

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|taxon = Crocus pulchellus

|authority = Herb.

|synonyms ={{species list |Crocus constantinopolitanus|Hertoldt ex Maw}}

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Crocus pulchellus, the hairy crocus is a species of flowering plant in the family Iridaceae.{{BSBI 2007 |accessdate=2014-10-17 }}{{cite web |url= https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:436670-1 |title= Crocus pulchellus Herb. |author= |date=n.d. |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=November 30, 2024}}{{cite web |url= https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/ZKZX |title= Crocus pulchellus Herb. |author= |date=n.d. |website=Catalogue of Life |publisher=Species 2000 |access-date=November 30, 2024}} It is found the Northern Balkan Peninsula to Northwestern Turkey.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=327425 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

Growing to {{convert|10|cm|in|abbr=on}}, it is a cormous perennial, with pale lilac-blue flowers produced in the autumn, before the leaves appear. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.{{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/4924/Crocus-pulchellus/Details | title = Crocus pulchellus | website = www.rhs.org | publisher = Royal Horticultural Society | accessdate = 5 May 2020}}