''Colchicum boisseri'' is a plant species in the genus '' Colchicum'' (the autumn crocuses) native to southern Greece and south-western Turkey but cultivated elsewhere as an

ornamental Ornamental may refer to: *Ornamental grass, a type of grass grown as a decoration *Ornamental iron, mild steel that has been formed into decorative shapes, similar to wrought iron work *Ornamental plant, a plant that is grown for its ornamental qua ...

.Theodhoros Georgios Orphanides. 1876. Atti Cong. Bot. Firenze 1874 (1876) 31. The species is unique for its spreading, rhizomatous

bulbs In botany, a bulb is structurally a short stem with fleshy leaves or leaf basesBell, A.D. 1997. ''Plant form: an illustrated guide to flowering plant morphology''. Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K. that function as food storage organs durin ...

. It blooms well with 5 cm (2") blooms in a bright cherry pink. The

stamen The stamen (plural ''stamina'' or ''stamens'') is the pollen-producing reproductive organ of a flower. Collectively the stamens form the androecium., p. 10 Morphology and terminology A stamen typically consists of a stalk called the filame ...

s are yellow. The flowers have no tessellations, only a white line down the centre of each petal.Autumn Bulbs by Roy Leeds (B.T. Batsford Ltd) 2006 It is named after botanist Pierre Edmond Boissier.

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boissieri Flora of Greece Plants described in 1876 Garden plants {{Liliales-stub