''Colchicum variegatum'' is a species of plant native to Greece and Turkey and cultivated in many other places.Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 342,''Colchicum variegatum''
/ref> ''Colchicum variegatum'' is a perennial herb forming an underground

corm Corm, bulbo-tuber, or bulbotuber is a short, vertical, swollen, underground plant stem that serves as a storage organ that some plants use to survive winter or other adverse conditions such as summer drought and heat (perennation). The word ''c ...

Tepals A tepal is one of the outer parts of a flower (collectively the perianth). The term is used when these parts cannot easily be classified as either sepals or petals. This may be because the parts of the perianth are undifferentiated (i.e. of ve ...

are broadly lanceolate, white, mottled with numerous brown or purple markings, sometimes taking the form of spots, other times forming a

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or chessboard pattern.Ker Gawler, John Bellenden. 1807. Botanical Magazine 26: t. 1028, ''Colchicum variegatum''
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* ttp://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/ColchicumSpeciesThree Pacific Bulb Society, ''Colchicum variegatum'' {{Taxonbar, from=Q591334 variegatum Medicinal plants of Europe Plants described in 1753 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Flora of Turkey Flora of Greece