Colchicum bulbocodium, the spring meadow saffron, is a species of alpine bulbous plant native to mountain ranges across Europe from the Pyrenees to the Caucasus (Spain, France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Romania, the former Yugoslavia, Ukraine and southern European Russia).
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Is it poisonous?
Toxic. The note covers its whole genus. Autumn crocus; colchicine in all parts Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Colchicum trigynum — toxic
- Colchicum arenarium — toxic
- Colchicum lusitanum — toxic
- Colchicum longifolium — toxic
- Colchicum laetum — toxic
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Liliales
- Family
- Colchicaceae
- Genus
- Colchicum
- Species
- Colchicum bulbocodium
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