Colchicum macrophyllum
Colchicum macrophyllum has large, funnel-shaped flowers in the fall with much tessellation throughout the bloom. The colour is rosy-purple and white. The leaves that it produces in the spring are large, up to 16" (40 cm) long, among the largest of all colchicum species.[2][3]
| Colchicum macrophyllum | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Liliales |
| Family: | Colchicaceae |
| Genus: | Colchicum |
| Species: | C. macrophyllum |
| Binomial name | |
| Colchicum macrophyllum B.L.Burtt | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Colchicum latifolium var. longistylum Pamp. | |
This plant is native to the area around the Aegean Sea (Turkey and Greece including Crete).[1][4]
References
- Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Colchicum macrophyllum
- Brian Laurence Burtt. 1951. Kew Bulletin 5(3): 433, Colchicum macrophyllum
- Pampanini, Renato. 1926. Nuovo Giornale Botanico Italiano, ser. 2, 33: 24, Colchicum latifolium var. longistylum
- Autumn Bulbs by Roy Leeds (B.T. Batsford Ltd) 2006 ISBN 0-7134-8962-6
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