| Scientific Name: | Crocus chrysanthus |
| Common Name: | snow crocus, golden crocus |
| Family Name: | Iridaceae |
| Origin: | Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.1 - 0.2m x < 0.1m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Open |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract beneficial insects, Bedding plant, Container planting, Perennial border, Small garden/space, Spring interest, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Basal, Soft flexible, Parallel venation, Glabrous, Lustrous, Linear, Entire |
| Flowers: | Flowers clustered, White, Yellow, Violet, Purple, Feb-Mar |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Apr-May |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves mostly <2mm wide; flowers open about 2 weeks before those of Dutch corocus. | |