S&W-Fact#15

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Where is saffron crocus most abundant in the wild?

-Northern Europe

-Middle East

-Africa

-nowhere





It's nowhere.

The saffron crocus is a triploid that is in­ca­pable of in­de­pen­dent sexual re­pro­duc­tion — all prop­a­ga­tion is via manual "di­vide-and-set" of a starter clone. It may have emerged via plant breeding in late Bronze-Age Crete.  

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