This beautiful crocus was originally described by B. Mathew in his Monograph as subspecies of C. speciosus but according to new approach to Crocus taxonomy now must be regarded as species. Stock was collected by me just on its locus classicus. Flowers are comparatively smaller with deep yellow throat and many-branched stigma hided deep between anthers. It is blooming very long time and sometimes here winter starts when still last flowers not wilted and they are going under snow.