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Colchicum cupanii
Mediterranean meadow saffron is a small autumn-flowering bulb from the central Mediterranean, producing pink to purple crocus-like flowers in fall before its leaves emerge. It is grown mainly for its late-season blooms and needs a dry summer rest.
Colchicum cupanii is a widespread species of flowering plant in the family Colchicaceae, known as the Mediterranean meadow saffron. It grows around much of the central Mediterranean Basin, reported from France, Sardinia, Italy, Albania, Greece, Montenegro, Croatia, Sicily, Algeria, Malta and Tunisia.
Colchicum cupanii is quite variable. Some specimens have flowers that open completely to a star shape, while others remain cup-shaped. The pink to purple, untessellated flowers are small, up to 3 cm (1") in diameter, but are produced in abundance in the fall. The foliage is also produced in the fall.
African Crocus · Alpine Autumn Crocus · Colchicum atropurpureum · Autumn crocus · White Autumn Crocus · Colchicum baytopiorum · Colchicum boissieri · Colchicum szovitsii subsp. brachyphyllum · Spring Meadow Saffron · False Autumn Crocus · Tenore Autumn Crocus · Colchicum corsicum
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Colchicum cupanii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
