Colchicum bivonae

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Colchicum bivonae is an Autumn flowering plant

that blooms from early September to mid-November

in mountainous regions (300-1300m) of Italy, the Balkans ang Greece

with the exceptions of Crete and the Cyclades islands.

 

Beautiful but also highly poisonous

due to colchicine existing in all parts of the plant:

the leaves, the flower and especially in the bulb. 

 

 

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Photographed on Mt. Parnitha on Sept. 7, 2024

 

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