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Crocus flavus Weston

Flora Europaea           A species which is frequent in the mesic thermonemoral forests from the southern part of the country. Some isolated populations are encountered in Zarand Mountains and Vrancea county (Voieteni-Sihlea) which are the northern most in the range of this Balkan - Anatolian species. Naturalists should be attentive to the branches of the style of this species (which are short and only three) while in the very similar Crocus olivieri Gay there are six long branches, the latter being doubtful for the Flora of Romania and mentioned from the thermonemoral forests of the Romanian Plain. On Dealul Mosului Hill, near Orsova, Mehedinti county, in the area of The Iron Gates Natural Park, April 2011. Claudia Istoc, isclau_a@yahoo.com