![Saffron crocus, Crocus sativus, with flower, leaf, bulb and stamen. Handcoloured zincograph by C. Chabot drawn by Miss M. A. Burnett from her "Plantae Utiliores: or Illustrations of Useful Plants," Whittaker, London, Saffron crocus, Crocus sativus, with flower, leaf, bulb and stamen. Handcoloured zincograph by C. Chabot drawn by Miss M. A. Burnett from her "Plantae Utiliores: or Illustrations of Useful Plants," Whittaker, London,](https://l450v.alamy.com/450v/p6f76y/saffron-crocus-crocus-sativus-with-flower-leaf-bulb-and-stamen-handcoloured-zincograph-by-c-chabot-drawn-by-miss-m-a-burnett-from-her-plantae-utiliores-or-illustrations-of-useful-plants-whittaker-london-1842-miss-burnett-drew-the-botanical-illustrations-but-the-text-was-chiefly-by-her-late-brother-british-botanist-gilbert-thomas-burnett-1800-1835-p6f76y.jpg)
Saffron crocus, Crocus sativus, with flower, leaf, bulb and stamen. Handcoloured zincograph by C. Chabot drawn by Miss M. A. Burnett from her "Plantae Utiliores: or Illustrations of Useful Plants," Whittaker, London,
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Saffron (Crocus sativus) is an autotriploid that evolved in Attica (Greece) from wild Crocus cartwrightianus - ScienceDirect
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