Close-up of a purple Crocus sativus flower - meisam sharifnezhad/Shutterstock Despite their resemblance, most crocus species and lookalikes are inedible or outright ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Purple saffron flowers in a basket - Fasil Tiru / 500px/Getty Images In Martha Stewart's world, saffron (Crocus sativus) and its ...

After facing one of its worst harvests on record, the Kashmir Valley’s farmers worry about the future of their prized saffron ...

There's treasure buried in the deep soil of Sequim - crocus sativus bulbs. They grow the flower that makes the most expensive spice in the world - saffron. Len Horst owns an organic gardening supply ...

Gulzar Ahmad Kuchay has been farming, harvesting, and selling Kashmiri saffron — known to be the best variety of the spice — for over 30 years. Every autumn, his family comes together for the annual ...

Saffron, or kesar, has multiple health benefits that can nourish your body. Here is how it can be helpful and how to consume and store it safely.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- At a sprawling government agricultural research farm in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, workers are now picking tiny purple flowers. Officials in the region have hailed ...