Colchicum autumnale: Meadow Saffron
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A Modern Herbal | Saffron, Meadow Click on graphic for larger image Botanical: Colchicum autumnale (LINN.) Grows wild in meadows, especially on limestone. It has lanceolate leaves, dark green, glabrous, often a foot long. Flowers light purple or white, like crocus but for their six stamens; the ovaries remain underground until the spring after flowering, when they are borne up by the elongating peduncles and ripen. It flowers in September and October. The leaves and fruit are poisonous to cattle.
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