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Meadow saffron
Colchium automnale (L.)
44.337, 15.46
Field Notes
Description:
Perennial herb with long-life white tubers from which the spring emergeslarge leaves 15-20 cm high. In late summer and early autumn appear large purple pink flowers with six long petals on long stems. Seeds ripen in August next year.
Meadow Saffron is poisonous.
Habitat:
Grows on wetter mountainous meadows and pastures.
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedMarch 10, 2013
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