Crocus versicolor

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|image = Crocus versicolor Picturatus3.jpg

|taxon = Crocus versicolor

|authority = Ker Gawl.

| synonyms_ref = {{Cite web|title=Crocus versicolor Ker Gawl. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science|url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:436762-1|access-date=2022-01-12|website=Plants of the World Online|language=en}}

| synonyms =

• Crocus crestensis Eugène
• Crocus fragrans Haw.
• Crocus meridionalis Risso
• Crocus reinwardtii Rchb.
• Crocus subapenninus Herb.

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Crocus versicolor is a species of flowering plant in the genus Crocus of the family Iridaceae, found in southeast France, Monaco, and northwestern Italy.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=327787 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

The flower is white, lilac, and purple, often with external stripes.

In wild habitat, it is often found in stony and grassy places.

Flowering occurs from February to April, it is found growing in scrub environments and among rocks to an elevation of 1200 meters.{{Cite book|last1=Phillips|first1=Roger|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o_7wAAAAMAAJ|title=The Random House Book of Bulbs|last2=Rix|first2=Martyn|date=1989|publisher=Random House|isbn=978-0-679-72756-9|page=25}}

Its closest relatives are Crocus imperati and Crocus malyi.