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 | |
|---|---|
.jpg)
| |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Liliales |
| Family: | Colchicaceae |
| Genus: | Colchicum |
| Species: | C. macrophyllum
|
| Binomial name | |
| Colchicum macrophyllum | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
|
Colchicum latifolium var. longistylum Pamp. | |
This plant is native to the area around the Aegean Sea (Turkey and Greece including Crete).[1][4]
References
edit- ^ a b 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
External links
edit
.JPG){kind=small} | This Liliales article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |