Colchicum corsicum

Colchicum corsicum
Colchicum corsicum, Northeast Corsica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Colchicaceae
Genus: Colchicum
Species: C. corsicum
Binomial name
Colchicum corsicum
Baker
Synonyms[1]
  • Colchicum neapolitanum var. corsicum (Baker) Fiori
  • Colchicum autumnale var. corsicum (Baker) Fiori

Colchicum corsicum is a species of flowering plant, closely related to Colchicum autumnale. It is native to the islands of Corsica and Sardinia in the Mediterranean.[1]

Colchicum corsicum is a perennial growing from an underground corm. Some individuals have pink flowers, others white, the two very often being intermingled in different individuals within a given population.[2][3]

References

  1. 1 2 Kew Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Colchicum corsicum
  2. Baker, John Gilbert. 1879. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 17: 481, Colchicum corsicum
  3. Autumn Bulbs by Roy Leeds (B.T. Batsford Ltd) 2006 ISBN 0-7134-8962-6
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