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Colchicum baytopiorum
Deadly poisonous — never eat any part of it.
If someone has eaten it, call emergency services or your poison control centre.
About
Colchicum baytopiorum is a plant species native to western Turkey and to the Greek island of Rhodes. It has small, bright pink-purple flowers measuring 4 cm (1.5") across. It is unusual in the genus in producing small leaves in autumn while in bloom, as opposed to producing leaves in spring. It has a chromosome number of 46, 54 or 108. The species was named in honor of Turkish botanist Asuman Baytop.
- Family
- Colchicaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Colchicum baytopiorum
- Slug
- colchicum-baytopiorum
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Colchicaceae
- Genus
- Colchicum
- Species
- baytopiorum
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 5
- Data completeness
- 28
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