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Colchicum boissieri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Liliales
Family:	Colchicaceae
Genus:	Colchicum
Species:	C. boissieri
Binomial name
Colchicum boissieri Orph.
Synonyms
Colchicum pinatziorum Rech.f. Colchicum procurrens Baker

Colchicum boisseri is a plant species in the genus Colchicum (the autumn crocuses) native to southern Greece and south-western Turkey but cultivated elsewhere as an ornamental. The species is unique for its spreading, rhizomatous bulbs. It blooms well with 5 cm (2") blooms in a bright cherry pink. The stamens are yellow. The flowers have no tessellations, only a white line down the centre of each petal. It is named after botanist Pierre Edmond Boissier.

References

1. ^ Theodhoros Georgios Orphanides. 1876. Atti Cong. Bot. Firenze 1874 (1876) 31.
2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Colchicum boissieri
3. Rechinger, Karl Heinz. 1961. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie. Leipzig 80:433, Colchicum pinatziorum
4. Autumn Bulbs by Roy Leeds (B.T. Batsford Ltd) 2006 ISBN 0-7134-8962-6

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