Colchicaceae
Colchicum bulbocodium
- Family
- Colchicaceae
- Genus
- Colchicum
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Common names
By language (10)
- Arabic
- زريرة, زعفران المرج
- arz
- نبات اللحلاح
- Catalan
- Bulbocodi
- Czech
- Ocúnovec jarní
- French
- Campanette, Bulbocode
- German
- Frühlingslichtblume
- Hungarian
- Egyhajúvirág, Tavaszi egyhajúvirág
- Persian
- زعفران کوهی
- Russian
- Брандушка весенняя
- Ukrainian
- Брандушка різнобарвна
Synonyms
- Bulbocodium vernum L.
- Colchicum vernum (L.) Stef.
- Merendera verna (L.) Bubani
Flowers
- In flower
- February to May (from 298 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos

FlowerPhoto: Roman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Roman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Julien Renoult, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Oleksii Vasyliuk, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: chrichri, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Stanislav Murashkin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: pleinciel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Roman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rhaix Rhaix, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Baptiste Gaasch, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Sabine Rodens, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Antoine MARNAT, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.