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Colchicum laetum

Colchicum laetum
Photo: Rhododendron1989, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Colchicaceae (Colchic family)
Grows as
Bulb
Native range
SE. European Russia to Caucasus
Climate
temperate

About

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.

Other Colchicum plants

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 laetum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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