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Iridaceae

17-Crocus

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The genus Crocus is widely cultivated for the flowers that emerge from the ground early in the spring. Crocus has "normal" rather than petaloid styles.

Photo taken by K. R. Robertson from plants cultivated in his yard when he living in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.

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