Colchicum (/ˈkɒltʃɪkəm/ KOL-chik-əm or /ˈkɒlkɪkəm/ KOL-kik-əm) is a genus of perennial flowering plants containing around 160 species which grow from...
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Colchicum autumnale, commonly known as autumn crocus, meadow saffron, naked boys or naked ladies, is a toxic autumn-blooming flowering plant that resembles...
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Colchicum bulbocodium, the spring meadow saffron, is a species of alpine bulbous plant native to mountain ranges across Europe from the Pyrenees to the...
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Colchicum variegatum is a species of plant native to Greece and Turkey and cultivated in many other places. Colchicum variegatum is a perennial herb forming...
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Colchicum cupanii is a widespread species of flowering plant in the family Colchicaceae, known as the Mediterranean meadow saffron. It grows around much...
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Colchicum stevenii, or Steven's meadow saffron, is a species of flowering plant in the family Colchicaceae. Hebrew: סתוונית היורה, Arabic: سَراجُ الغولة...
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Colchicum luteum, the yellow colchicum, is a species of flowering plant in the family Colchicaceae, native to Central Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, the...
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grandiflorum and E. pinnatum subsp. colchicum E. × warleyense Stearn, hybrid between E. alpinum and E. pinnatum subsp. colchicum E. × youngianum Fisch & C.A.Mey...
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Colchicum × agrippinum is a species of flowering plant in the family Colchicaceae. It is considered to be a hybrid between C. variegatum and C. autumnale...
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Colchicum hungaricum, popularly known as the Hungarian crocus, is a species of Colchicum found in Hungary, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, and...
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via multiple mechanisms. Colchicine, in the form of the autumn crocus (Colchicum autumnale), was used as early as 1500 BC to treat joint swelling. It was...
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Colchicum alpinum, the alpine autumn crocus, is a corm-forming perennial with pale, delicate rosy-purple flowers, similar to C. autumnale but smaller...
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Colchicum macrophyllum has large, funnel-shaped flowers in the fall with much tessellation throughout the bloom. The colour is rosy-purple and white....
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Colchicum laetum is a species of Colchicum found in south east Russia through to the Caucasus. A plant known in cultivation as C. laetum 'Pink Star' is...
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Colchicum lusitanum is a species of flowering plant in the family Colchicaceae, native to southwest Europe and northwestern Africa. C. lusitanum is native...
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Colchicum balansae is a variable species of flowering plant in the family Colchicaceae, producing white to rosy-purple flowers in the autumn season. The...
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Colchicum speciosum is a species of flowering plant in the family Colchicaceae, native to mountainous areas of northern Turkey, the Caucasus and northern...
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Colchicum trigynum is a species of plant native to Turkey, Iran and the Caucasus, often grown as an ornamental plant outside its native range. Kew World...
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the Colchicum genus, which are not closely related but strongly resemble the true crocuses; in particular, the superficially similar species Colchicum autumnale...
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Colchicum cilicicum, the Tenore autumn crocus, is a species of flowering plant in the family Colchicaceae. A bulbous perennial, it bears deep rose-lilac...
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Colchicum baytopiorum is a plant species native to western Turkey and to the Greek island of Rhodes (although possibly extinct there). It has small, bright...
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Colchicum kotschyi is a species of flowering plant in the Colchicaceae family. It is native to Iran, Iraq and Turkey. It blooms relatively early for an...
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(including Neodregea C.H.Wright and Onixotis Raf.) tribe Colchiceae Colchicum L. (including Androcymbium Willd., Bulbocodium L. and Merendera Ramond)...
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Cyclamen colchicum is a perennial growing from a tuber, native to densely shaded areas among rocks or tree roots in woodland on limestone at 300–800 m...
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Colchicum parlatoris is a small species of flowering plant native to Greece. It has dark-purple pink flowers on short stems bearing prominent yellow stamens...
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Colchicum × byzantinum, the Byzantine meadow saffron, is a species of flowering plant in the family Colchicaceae with a long history of cultivation, and...
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Colchicum ritchii, or the Egyptian autumn crocus, is a plant species native to the southeastern Mediterranean east to the Arabian Peninsula. Colchicum...
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Colchicum micranthum is a species of flowering plant in the family Colchicaceae. It is native to Turkey with nearly white flowers barely 2 cm (.75") tall...
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Colchicum parnassicum is a species of flowering plant in the family Colchicaceae, endemic to the Sterea Ellada region of central Greece. It is closely...
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winter and wither the next spring. Cyclamen purpurascens and Cyclamen colchicum, however, originate from cooler regions in mountains and their leaves...
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