Colchicum autumnale (Germany)

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Colchicum autumnale (Germany)

Colchicum autumnale L., Sp. Pl. 341 1753. (Syn: Bulbocodium antumnale (L.) Lapeyr.; Bulbocodium autumnale (L.) Lapeyr. ................; Colchicum borisii Stef.; Colchicum bulgaricum Velen.; Colchicum commune Neck. [Illegitimate]; Colchicum crociflorum Sims; Colchicum doerfleri var. orientale Kitanov; Colchicum drenowskii Degen & Rech.f. ex Kitan.; Colchicum orientale Friv. ex Kunth; Colchicum pannonicum Griseb. & Schenk; Colchicum polyanthon Ker Gawl.; Colchicum praecox Spenn.; Colchicum rhodopaeum Kov.; Colchicum transsilvanicum Schur; Colchicum turcicum subsp. pannonicum (Griseb. & Schenk) Nyman; Colchicum vernale Hoffm.; Colchicum vernum (Reichard) Georgi; Colchicum vranjanum Adamovic ex Stef. [Invalid]);

Europe as per WCSP;

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Herbstzeitlose Colchicum autumnale aka autumn crocus, from my garden in Ritterhude: Attachments (2)

Here are two fotos of Herbstzeitlose Colchicum autumnale
Other names are autumn Crocus, meadow saffron or naked lady, but it is NOT Saffran.
The name "naked lady" comes from the fact that the flowers emerge from the ground long after the leaves have died back.
Fotos taken on 18. Sept. 2010 in my garden in Ritterhude.
I don't find any fotos of the leaves, perhaps i did not take any. Shall do next year.

References:

http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-302771

http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=302771

http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=533232-1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colchicum_autumnale

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