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

  1. Mashjar Juthour.(2017). Palestinian Wildflower Pocket Guide(English and Arabic)
  2. Al Sheikh, B. (2019). Checklist and Ecological Data Base of Wild Plants of the West Bank - Palestine (Arabic).
  3. Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.
  4. 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.
  5. 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 (2025). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/507 accessed via barari.org on 10/30/2025.

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