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Saffron is collected from delicate crocus flower stigmas

Thousands of crimson stigmas must be individually plucked to produce a single ounce

Saffron consists of the vivid red stigmas harvested from Crocus sativus flowers. Each flower produces only three stigmas, which must be picked by hand during a brief autumn blooming window lasting just a few weeks. It takes roughly seventy-five thousand crocus blossoms to yield one pound of dried saffron spice.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Thousands of crimson stigmas must be individually plucked to produce a single ounce. The figure is taken from Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a food fact?: Yes. It sits on the Food shelf, one of 1,090 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.