Colchicaceae
Colchicum melanthioides
- Family
- Colchicaceae
- Genus
- Colchicum
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Common names
By language (2)
- Afrikaans
- Bobbejaanskoen, Patrysblom
- Arabic
- أندروسمبيم, تيكوت
Synonyms
- Androcymbium melanthioides Willd.
- Androcymbium melanthioides subsp. melanthioides
- Androcymbium melanthioides var. melanthioides
Flowers
- In flower
- May to July (from 50 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Hildegard Klein, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Daniela Orsmond, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Andrew Hankey, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: JN Giddy, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jimmy Whatmore, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: C T Johansson, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jan En Riette Griesel00, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Colchicum melanthioides: Androcymbium melanthioides [倫敦植物園 Kew Gardens, London]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Androcymbium_melanthioides_-%E5%80%AB%E6%95%A6%E6%A4%8D%E7%89%A9%E5%9C%92_Kew_Gardens%2C_London-_%289222655440%29.jpg/1280px-Androcymbium_melanthioides_-%E5%80%AB%E6%95%A6%E6%A4%8D%E7%89%A9%E5%9C%92_Kew_Gardens%2C_London-_%289222655440%29.jpg)
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, 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.