Iberian-North African Crocus

[Carlos]

Hi, after being sent a paper which changes many things on Crocus nomenclature here, I started some research.

I am looking for any of these numbers for purchase or exchange, specially the first one:

JJA352.099 : CROCUS SEROTINUS subsp. SALZMANNII Spain, Granada, Sierra Nevada below Peñones de San Francisco, 2300m. Turf in NW-facing depression. (A strongly stoloniferous race from alpine-turf. We came across it in 1970 but, other than recording its existence, no-one has thought it worth distinguishing. We have not seen any other quite like it but the C. serotinus group is more than a little complicated. Small corms with long, couch-grass-like stolons. Profuse, pale lilac flowers in autumn.)

JJA352.003 : CROCUS SEROTINUS subsp. SALZMANNII Morocco, Mischliffen = ABS4350

JJA352.004 : CROCUS SEROTINUS subsp. SALZMANNII Morocco, Ksar el Ksiba = ABS4411

JJA352.005 : CROCUS SEROTINUS subsp. SALZMANNII Morocco, Larache. Ex M.Salmon & M.Fillan = SF242.

I am gathering plants from my area and having others sent from Portugal. I might get seeds on them and I will have local salzmannii available, maybe also nevadense.

Thanks

Carlos

[janemcgary]

Carlos,  I have a couple of these Archibald collections, but when I moved 10 years ago I did not keep them separately labeled, so I can't provide authenticated material. Sorry!

[Carlos]

It doesn't matter, do you know which ones they were? And do you have all other Crocus identified? We can sort them out by looking at the bulbs, flowers and leaves...

Carlos

[janemcgary]

I will write to you privately to discuss the crocuses.