Saffron is a species of crocus that is grown for its prized stamens. This expensive and labor-intensive spice is used to dye fabricbut mostly to flavor foods. It is unknown in the wild and is a product of 3500 years of selective breeding by several different civilizations. This short plant has purple to lavender flowers that appear in fall for a 1-2 week period when the saffron spice can be collected. Each corm produces several flowers. The leaves are narrow and grass-like and appear shortly before flowering.
Crocus sativus, commonly known as saffron crocus or autumn crocus, is a species of flowering plant in the iris family Iridaceae. A cormous autumn-flowering ...
Saffron comes from the saffron crocus bulb (Crocus sativus), which is an autumn blooming crocus.
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