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Colchicum variegatum (Colchicum variegatum)

Description

Colchicum variegatum is a plant species native to Greece and Turkey but cultivated in many other places. Colchicum variegatum is a perennial herb forming an underground corm. Tepals are broadly lanceolate, white, mottled with numerous brown or purple markings, sometimes taking the form of spots, other times forming a checkerboard (or chess-board, if you prefer) pattern.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Liliopsida

          • Order: Liliales

            • Family: Colchicaceae

              • Genus: Colchicum