The common names of colchicum are meadow saffron and autumn crocus. The autumnale variety has one to four flowers growing from each spathe. The flowers are purple. There is also a white variety.
L. H. Bailey Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture (New York, New York: The MacMillan Company, 1917)
1953×2400, 845.8 KiB
833×1024, 150.2 KiB
520×640, 79.9 KiB
260×320, 26.7 KiB