Crocus tommasinianus
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Crocus tommasinianus often referred to as 'Tommies' were named after the botanist Muzio G. Spirito de Tommasini
Mutius von Tommasini
Muzio Giuseppe Spirito de' Tommasini, sometimes referred to as Muzio Tommasini or as Mutius von Tommasini; was a botanist and politician born in Trieste under Austria-Hungary....

 (1794-1879), who was mayor of the city of Triest. They are often referred to as early or snow crocuses, but these terms are shared with several other species, although C. tommasinianus is amongst the first to bloom. It is a plant
Plant
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...

 of the Crocus
Crocus
Crocus is a genus in the iris family comprising about 80 species of perennials growing from corms. Many are cultivated for their flowers appearing in autumn, winter, or spring...

genus in the Iridaceae
Iridaceae
The Iris family or Iridaceae is a family of perennial, herbaceous and bulbous plants included in the monocot order Asparagales, taking its name from the genus Iris. Almost worldwide in distribution and one of the most important families in horticulture, it includes more than 2000 species...

 family, with a lilac flower, and is one of the smaller of the cultivated species. It naturalises easily earning an official recognition as a weed. It grows wild in Bulgaria, Hungary and former Yugoslavia. C. tommasinianus has a slender flowers about 2-4.5 cm (0.75-1.75 in) long, with white perianth tubes, petals (6) pale silvery lilac to reddish purple, while the outer petals may be overlaid with silver and darker tips. A variant, albus, is white. Its cultivars are used as ornamental plant
Ornamental plant
Ornamental plants are plants that are grown for decorative purposes in gardens and landscape design projects, as house plants, for cut flowers and specimen display...

s. Height: 3" (8 cm).

Cultivars

Examples: 'Ruby Giant' (purple), 'Whitewell Purple' (silvery reddish purple flowers, pale mauve on the inside), 'Barr's Purple' (amethyst violet), 'Lilac Beauty' (purple)

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