Colchicum bulbocodium

Spring Meadow Saffron
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Colchicaceae
Genus: Colchicum
Species: C. bulbocodium
Binomial name
Colchicum bulbocodium
Ker Gawl.
Synonyms[1]
  • Bulbocodium vernum L.
  • Colchicum vernum (L.) Stef
  • Merendera verna (L.) Bubani

Colchicum bulbocodium, the Spring Meadow Saffron is a species of alpine bulbs native to mountain ranges across Europe from the Pyrenees to the Caucasus (Spain, France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Romania, the former Yugoslavia, Ukraine, southern European Russia).[1][2]

Colchicum bulbocodium is cultivated as ornamental plants in many places. It has flowers considered ideal for the rock garden, which is beautiful en masse. The plant is a hardy spring flower bulb, very small in size, reaching about 7–10 cm high. From April to June, the strap-shaped leaves emerge with pink-to-purple crocus-like flowers, 3–8 cm in diameter. As all the species of the genus Colchicum, the species is a poisonous plant.[3]

Subspecies and Varieties

Three infraspecific taxa of the species are currently recognized:[1]

References

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