Saffron in Flower - New Photos
November 21st, 2009To a botanical photographer and herbalist like me, there’s nothing quite as exciting as seeing a plant that you’ve always known yet never seen in bloom for the first time. Such was the case when I was at the American Botanical Council’s annual on-site board of trustees meeting at the Case Mill Homestead in Austin on November 7th, when ABC Education Coordinator, Holly Ferguson, pointed a blooming SAFFRON plant out to me. The delicate stigmas of saffron (Crocus sativus) are, of course, the saffron of commerce. What a beautiful plant! We have additional photo galleries of Crocus species including Spring Crocus (Crocus vernus var. neapolitanus) growing wild on Mt. Komovi in the mountains of Montenegro (part of the former Yugoslavia), as well as cultivated Dutch Crocus (Crocus vernus).
December 4th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
Wow.. they are vey beautiful plants! How come these saffron plants look so different from puffy-yellow American saffrons? I wondered if they have similar effects in medicinal use, because I’ve known American saffrons have been used in medicine for people who have blood related conditions. (naturalstandard.com has the most recent scientific information about herbs). I’ve also heard saffron spieces are very different and some of spieces are even posionous. But they are amazingly pretty… hmm!
December 4th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
Wow.. they are vey beautiful! How come these saffron plants look so different from puffy yellow American saffrons? I wondered if they have similar effects in medicinal use, because I’ve known American saffrons have been used in medicine for people who have blood related conditions. (naturalstandard.com has the most recent scientific information about herbs). I’ve also heard saffron spieces are very different and some of spieces are even posionous. But they are amazingly pretty… hmm!