Colchicum_alpinum

<i>Colchicum alpinum</i>

Colchicum alpinum

Species of flowering plant

Colchicum alpinum, the alpine autumn crocus, is a corm-forming perennial with pale, delicate rosy-purple flowers, similar to C. autumnale but smaller.[2] It is native to the Alps and the Appennini of Italy, Switzerland, France and Sicily, and cultivated as an ornamental in other regions.[1][3]

  • Corm with flower bud
  • Colchicum alpinum in Les Grandes Rousses (Oisans)
  • Colchicum alpinum in a collector garden
  • Leaves in the spring
  • Seed capsule

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References

  1. [1]
    "Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
  2. [2]
    Augustin Pyramus de Candolle. 1805. Flore Française. Troisième Édition 3: 195, Colchicum alpinum
  3. [3]
    Autumn Bulbs by Roy Leeds (B.T. Batsford Ltd) 2006 ISBN 0-7134-8962-6


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