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Boissier's autumn crocus

Boissier's autumn crocus
Description

Colchicum boissieri is a species of flowering plant in the Colchicaceae family. It is a perennial herbaceous geophyte that grows from a corm and produces pale pink flowers in the autumn without the presence of leaves. The plant is toxic and contains colchicine, which has been used in medicine to treat gout and other conditions.

Taxonomic tree
Kingdom:Plantae
Subkingdom:Tracheobionta
Division:Magnoliophyta
Class:Liliopsida
Subclass:Liliidae
Family:Colchicaceae
Genus:Colchicum

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