Winter crocus / الريهقوان / زعفران / شحيمة / كركم /

إحليان / الجادي / الجساد / بزازه / بطاطا الفقير / بِزّيزة / زعفران شتوي / شحوم / شحيم / شهّيم /

Crocus hyemalis Boiss. & Blanche

Edibility and usage

Edibility

Edible

Edible part

Bulbs

Preparation

Roasted

Blooming period

November to December

Foraging period

November

Seed collection period

April to May

Potential medicinal uses

Carminative
Emmenagogue
Hepatic
Nervine
Vulnerary

Description

Perenniality

Perennial

Petal colour

White
Yellow

Leaf type

Entire

Life form

Geophyte

Scientifc data

Genus

Crocus

Family

Iridaceae

Wikidata item

Q6899225

GBIF Item

Crocus hyemalis Boiss. & Blanche (2747865)

Conservation status (IUCN)

Least concern

References

Mashjar Juthour.(2017). Palestinian Wildflower Pocket Guide(English and Arabic)
Al Sheikh, B. (2019). Checklist and Ecological Data Base of Wild Plants of the West Bank - Palestine (Arabic).
Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.
Crowfoot, Grace Mary Hood. From Cedar to Hyssop; a Study in the Folklore of Plants in Palestine. London, Sheldon Press; New York and Toronto, The Macmillan Co., 1932.
Ali-Shtayeh, Mohammed S., Rana M. Jamous, Jehan H. Al-Shafie’, Wafa’ A. Elgharabah, Fatemah A. Kherfan, Kifayeh H. Qarariah, Isra’ S. Khdair, et al. “Traditional Knowledge of Wild Edible Plants Used in Palestine (Northern West Bank): A Comparative Study.”

Citation

Crocus hyemalis Boiss. & Blanche in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/507 accessed via barari.org on 6/5/2026.