Colchicaceae

Colchicum bivonae Guss.

Family: Colchicaceae
Genus: Colchicum

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Colchicum bivonae (Colchicum bivonae) — FlowerPhoto: Marina Nioti, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (5)

Bulgarian: Турски мразовец
Chinese: 杂色秋水仙
Czech: Ocún skvrnitý
Greek: Κολχικό του Μπιβόνα
Turkish: Öksüzoğlan

Synonyms

Colchicum amabile Heldr.
Colchicum amabile var. variopictum (Janka) Nyman
Colchicum autumnale var. bivonae (Guss.) Fiori
Colchicum autumnale var. variopictum (Janka) Fiori
Colchicum bowlesianum B.L.Burtt
Colchicum busambarense Lojac.
Colchicum latifolium Sm.
Colchicum neapolitanum var. variopictum (Janka) Fiori
Colchicum pulchrum Herb. ex Baker
Colchicum sibthorpii Baker
Colchicum tuntasium Heldr.
Colchicum variegatum Biv.
Colchicum variopictum Janka

Flowers

In flower: September to October (from 185 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Marina Nioti, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Pantazi Katerina, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Pantazi Katerina, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Ioannis Magouras, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Ioannis Magouras, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Pethan assumed, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: matula.gergo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: H0bg0blin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Simona Danailova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Hüseyin Cahid Doğan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: anna blume, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: PLAKLE, 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.