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Colchium automnale (L.)
Perennial herb with long-life white tubers from which the spring emergeslarge leaves 15-20 cm high. In late summer and early autumn appear large purple pink flowers with six long petals on long stems. Seeds ripen in August next year. Meadow Saffron is poisonous.
Grows on wetter mountainous meadows and pastures.
Spotted on Sep 21, 2012
Submitted on Mar 10, 2013
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