Colchicum autumnale, the beautiful poisoner

Agate presents its current favorite.
Within our collections, numerous illustrations or photographs deserve to be exhibited for their aesthetic quality or originality. Today, Colchicum autumnale, the beautiful poisoner...

Colchicum autumnale L. var floribus Alb-plenis & purporeo-plenis

 

 

 

Source of illustration : Van Houtte, M. L. et al.  (1873). Flore des serres et des jardins de l'Europe. Annales générales d'horticulture (in French), Flora of the Greenhouses and Gardens of Europe, volume XIX, 188 p.

This work, published in German, French and English, contains descriptions and figures of the rarest and most deserving plants newly introduced to mainland Europe and England, taken from Botanical magazine, Botanical register and Paxton's magazine of botany. It is enriched with historical, scientific, etymological, synonymic and horticultural notes, etc.

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