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Colchicum
meadow saffron
Other common names
autumn crocusnaked ladies
Botanical details
- Family
- Colchicaceae
- Native to GB / Ireland
- No
- Genus
Colchicum
- Genus description
Colchicum are cormous perennials with usually coarse, broadly strap-shaped leaves which appear with or after the goblet-shaped flowers
- Name status
Correct
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