Colchicum laetum

Colchicum laetum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Liliales
Family:	Colchicaceae
Genus:	Colchicum
Species:	C. laetum
Binomial name
	Colchicum laetum; Steven[1]
Synonyms[1]
	Colchicum × byzantinum var. laetum (Steven) Nyman

Colchicum laetum is a species of Colchicum found in south east Russia through to the Caucasus.[1][2]

A plant known in cultivation as C. laetum 'Pink Star' is thought to be a selection of Colchicum × byzantinum. It has flowers which are pale purple-pink with rounded ends; the petals of each bloom are often held parallel to the soil surface.[3][4]

References

"Colchicum laetum", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2012-09-11
Steven, Christian von. 1829. Nouveau Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 7: 262, t. 18, Colchicum laetum
Leeds, Roy (2006), Autumn Bulbs, B.T. Batsford, ISBN 978-0-7134-8962-0
Nyman, Carl Frederik. 1882. Conspectus florae europaeae : seu Enumeratio methodica plantarum phanerogamarum Europae indigenarum, indicatio distributionis geographicae singularum etc. 743, Colchicum × byzantinum var. laetum

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[WCSP_Cl-1] "Colchicum laetum", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2012-09-11

[2] Steven, Christian von. 1829. Nouveau Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 7: 262, t. 18, Colchicum laetum

[Leed06-3] Leeds, Roy (2006), Autumn Bulbs, B.T. Batsford, ISBN 978-0-7134-8962-0

[4] Nyman, Carl Frederik. 1882. Conspectus florae europaeae : seu Enumeratio methodica plantarum phanerogamarum Europae indigenarum, indicatio distributionis geographicae singularum etc. 743, Colchicum × byzantinum var. laetum