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Colchicum alpinum

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Species of flowering plant

Colchicum alpinum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Colchicaceae
Genus: Colchicum
Species: C. alpinum
Binomial name
Colchicum alpinum
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Synonyms
  • Colchicum parvulum Ten.
  • Colchicum alpinum var. parvulum (Ten.) Baker
  • Colchicum alpinum subsp. parvulum (Ten.) Nyman
  • Colchicum merenderoides E.P.Perrier & Songeon
  • Colchicum alpinum subsp. merenderoides (E.P.Perrier & Songeon) Rouy
  • Colchicum pseudoparvulum Lojac.
  • Colchicum vallis-demonis Lojac.

Colchicum alpinum, the alpine autumn crocus, is a corm-forming perennial with pale, delicate rosy-purple flowers, similar to C. autumnale but smaller. It is native to the Alps and the Appennini of Italy, Switzerland, France and Sicily, and cultivated as an ornamental in other regions.

  • Corm with flower bud Corm with flower bud
  • Colchicum alpinum in Les Grandes Rousses (Oisans) Colchicum alpinum in Les Grandes Rousses (Oisans)
  • Colchicum alpinum in a collector garden Colchicum alpinum in a collector garden
  • Leaves in the spring Leaves in the spring
  • Seed capsule Seed capsule

References

  1. ^ "Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
  2. Augustin Pyramus de Candolle. 1805. Flore Française. Troisième Édition 3: 195, Colchicum alpinum
  3. Autumn Bulbs by Roy Leeds (B.T. Batsford Ltd) 2006 ISBN 0-7134-8962-6
Taxon identifiers
Colchicum alpinum


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