Colchicaceae

Colchicum alpinum DC.

Family: Colchicaceae
Genus: Colchicum

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Colchicum alpinum (Colchicum alpinum) — FlowerPhoto: Mario Bassini, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (9)

Arabic: لحلاح ألبي
arz: لحلاح البى
Chinese: 高山秋水仙
Czech: Ocún alpský
Dutch: Alpentijloos
Finnish: Alppimyrkkylilja
French: Colchique des Alpes
German: Alpen-Herbstzeitlose
Swedish: Alptidlösa

Synonyms

Colchicum alpinum prol. merenderoides (E.P.Perrier & Songeon) Rouy
Colchicum alpinum subsp. merenderoides (E.P.Perrier & Songeon) Rouy
Colchicum alpinum subsp. parvulum (Ten.) Nyman
Colchicum alpinum var. merenderoides (E.P.Perrier & Songeon) Douin
Colchicum alpinum var. parvulum (Ten.) Baker
Colchicum merenderoides E.P.Perrier & Songeon
Colchicum parvulum Ten.
Colchicum pseudoparvulum Lojac.
Colchicum vallis-demonis Lojac.

Flowers

In flower: July to August (from 138 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Mario Bassini, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Isabella Paleari, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Emanuele Santarelli, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Drepanostoma, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stefano Gianazzi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: fmunoz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Martine Simon, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Drepanostoma, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.