''Colchicum variegatum'', common name Κολχικό το ποικιλόμορφο or Güz Acıçiğdemi, Sürincan is a plant species native to Greece and Turkey but 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. Tepals 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