Editing Crocus (section)

=== Similarly named species ===

Some crocus species, known as "autumn crocus", flower in late summer and autumn, during (autumnal) rains, after summer's heat and drought. The name '''autumn crocus''' is also often used as a common name for ''[[Colchicum]]'',{{sfn|Wyman|1986}} which is not a true crocus but in its own family ([[Colchicaceae]]) in the lily order [[Liliales]]. The plants are toxic, but have medicinal uses. ''Colchicum'' are also known as '''meadow saffron''', though true [[saffron]] is not toxic.{{sfn|GBIF|2022}} ''Crocus'' species have three stamens while ''Colchicum'' species have six;{{sfn|Armitage|2008|p=278}} crocus have one style, while ''Colchicum'' have three.{{sfn|Bowles|1985|p=154}}{{sfn|Mabberley|1997}}

Some [[Pulsatilla]] species are also called "prairie crocus" (previously ''[[Pulsatilla patens|Anemone patens]])'' or "wild crocus", but they belong to the buttercup family ([[Ranunculaceae]]).{{sfn|Runkel|Roosa|2009|p=7}}{{sfn|Skelly|1994}} Pulsatilla species, which are commonly called pasqueflowers, unlike crocuses have [[rhizome]]s, the foliage is covered with long soft hairs, and the flowers are produced on above-ground stems.{{sfn|Wencai | Bartholomew|2004}}{{sfn|Armitage|2008|p=843}}