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Colchicum laetum

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Species of flowering plant

Colchicum laetum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Colchicaceae
Genus: Colchicum
Species: C. laetum
Binomial name
Colchicum laetum
Steven
Synonyms

Colchicum × byzantinum var. laetum (Steven) Nyman

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

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.

References

  1. ^ "Colchicum laetum", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 11 September 2012
  2. Steven, Christian von. 1829. Nouveau Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 7: 262, t. 18, Colchicum laetum
  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
Taxon identifiers
Colchicum laetum


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