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Colchicum baytopiorum

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Family
  
Scientific name
  
Colchicum baytopiorum

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Species

Order
  
Genus
  
Colchicum

Higher classification
  
Colchicum

Similar
  
Colchicum, Colchicum boissieri, Colchicum davisii, Colchicum trigynum, Colchicum cilicicum

Colchicum baytopiorum is a plant species native to western Turkey and to the Greek Island of Rhodes (although possibly extinct there). 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.

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Colchicum baytopiorum Wikipedia


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