Photo: Colchicum autumnale 07.

Photo: Colchicum autumnale 7.

Flowering plants. None of those leaves belong to the autumn crocus - that just flowers, in autumn, without any leaf. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2005-09-20.


Colchicum autumnale L.
Engl.: autumn crocus, meadow saffron, colchicum, naked boys.
Deu.: Herbst-Zeitlose.
Suom.: syysmyrkkylilja, alastonimpi, syksyn myrkkylilja.
Sven.: tidlösa, hösttidlösa, nakna jungfrun, vanlig tidlösa.
Pharm.: colchici radix, colchici semen