| Scientific Name: | Crocus speciosus |
| Common Name: | fall flowering crocus, Bieberstein's crocus |
| Family Name: | Iridaceae |
| Origin: | Central / west Asia |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Flowering pot plant, Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.1 - 0.2m x < 0.1m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Columnar |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Alpine, Attract beneficial insects, Container planting, Indoor plant, Perennial border, Rock garden, Spring interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Grass-like, Basal, Soft flexible, Parallel venation, Glabrous, Filiform, Linear, Entire |
| Flowers: | Flowers solitary, Blue, Violet, Oct-Nov |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Green, Brown |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Typical crocus but begins flowering in the fall before the leaves appear; leaves basal, linear-filiform, most 10-15cm long x 1-3mm wide; flowers one per corm, ~5cm wide, styles orange and highly branched. | |