Crocus (plural: crocuses or croci) is a genus of seasonal flowering plants in the family Iridaceae (iris family) comprising about 100 species of perennials growing from corms. They are low growing plants, whose flower stems remain underground, that bear relatively large white, yellow, orange or purple flowers and then become dormant after flowering. Crocuses may be propagated from seed or from daughter cormels formed on the corm, that eventually produce mature plants. The Iridaceae contain a wide range of phenolic compounds.
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