Colchicum macrophyllum explained

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.^{[1] [2]}

This plant is native to the area around the Aegean Sea (Turkey and Greece including Crete).^{[3] [4]}

External links

• Images (Crete)

Notes and References

1. Brian Laurence Burtt. 1951. Kew Bulletin 5(3): 433, Colchicum macrophyllum
2. Pampanini, Renato. 1926. Nuovo Giornale Botanico Italiano, ser. 2, 33: 24, Colchicum latifolium var. longistylum
3. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=302892 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Colchicum macrophyllum
4. Autumn Bulbs by Roy Leeds (B.T. Batsford Ltd) 2006