Autumn crocus
Colchicum autumnale
Deadly poisonous — never eat any part of it.
If someone has eaten it, call emergency services or your poison control centre.
Dangerous to: cattle, horses, dogs, cats
If an animal has eaten this, call your vet.
About
Colchicum autumnale, commonly known as autumn crocus, meadow saffron, naked boys or naked ladies, is a toxic autumn-blooming flowering plant that resembles the true crocuses, but is a member of the plant family Colchicaceae, unlike the true crocuses, which belong to the family Iridaceae. It is called "naked boys/ladies" because the flowers emerge from the ground long before the leaves appear. Despite the vernacular name of "meadow saffron", this plant is not the source of saffron, which is obtained from the saffron crocus, Crocus sativus – and that plant, too, is sometimes called "autumn crocus".
- Family
- Colchicaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Colchicum autumnale
- Slug
- colchicum-autumnale
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Colchicaceae
- Genus
- Colchicum
- Species
- autumnale
- Wikidata QID
- Q152553
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 5
- Data completeness
- 43
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