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(First upload on May 11 2009. Last on November 9 2016) [ 日本語 | English ]

Crocus spp.






Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

Crocus L. (サフラン)

Crocus chrysanthus cv. in Sapporo


Kanzakikurokkasu (カンザキクロッカス, 寒咲くろっかす), golden crocus
Distribution: native to Balkans and Turkey
Cultivars: blue bird
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[1] on litter, probably escaped from a gardening, N21/W2, North Ward, Sapporo, on April 6 2011. [2] along a street at North Ward, Sapporo, on April 20 2013. [3] in front of GSEES Building on April 12 2014. Records: in front of GSEES Building on April 6 2011. along a paved road in N29/W3, East Ward, Sapporo, on April 7 2019

Crocus speciosus cv. in Hokkaido University Campus


Bieberstein's crocus, fall-blooming crocus
Distribution: native to Turkey, the Caucasus and Iran
Habitat: woods and open hillsides
ssp. ilgazensis B.Mathew: Turkey
ssp. speciosus: Turkey, Iran, Caucasus, Crimea
ssp. xantholaimos B.Mathew: Sinop Province in Turkey
Cultivars: albus

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[1] on a lawn under a transplantation tree near Coop Central Restaurant on October 18 2013. [2/3] under transplanted Cercidiphyllum japonicum trees near the Faculty of Education, Hokkaido University, on October 17 2016. Discarded: in front of GSEES Building on October 12 2012.

Crocus vernus cv. in Hokkaido University Campus


Hanasafuran (or Kurokkasu) (ハナサフラン/クロッカス), spring crocus / giant Dutch crocus
Distribution: native to eastern Europe

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[1] it is not a garden. Just grows with lawn grasses. [2] In front of GSEES Building on May 2 2013. The flowering delayed in this year due probably to heavy snow. [3] In front of GSEES Building on April 6 2009, obviously different cultvar from [1/2]. Records: flowering in front of an apartment in N28/E3, East Ward, Sapporo, on March 30 2021.

• Diversity of flowers

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[4-6] arranged from dark to light colors at the backyard of GSEES Building on May 8 2013.

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