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Colchicum macrophyllum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Liliales
Family:	Colchicaceae
Genus:	Colchicum
Species:	C. macrophyllum
Binomial name
Colchicum macrophyllum B.L.Burtt
Synonyms
Colchicum latifolium var. longistylum Pamp.

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.

This plant is native to the area around the Aegean Sea (Turkey and Greece including Crete).

References

1. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Colchicum macrophyllum
2. Brian Laurence Burtt. 1951. Kew Bulletin 5(3): 433, Colchicum macrophyllum
3. Pampanini, Renato. 1926. Nuovo Giornale Botanico Italiano, ser. 2, 33: 24, Colchicum latifolium var. longistylum
4. Autumn Bulbs by Roy Leeds (B.T. Batsford Ltd) 2006 ISBN 0-7134-8962-6

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