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Autumn Crocus
Colchicum autumnale
Colchicum autumnale, commonly known as autumn crocus, meadow saffron or naked ladies, is a toxic autumn-blooming flowering plant that resembles the true crocuses, but is a member of the plant family Colchicaceae, unlike the true crocuses which belong to the family Iridaceae. The name "naked ladies" comes from the fact that the flowers emerge from the ground long before the leaves appear. Despite the vernacular name of "meadow saffron", this plant is not the source of...
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.391
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.390
Book of Herbs
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1546 · p.612
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.388
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.389
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.831
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.1280
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.1278
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.478
The Flowering Garden: Autumn
Crispijn van de Passe · 1616 · p.60
Herbarium Portatile, Oder Behendes Kräuter- und Gewächs-Buch: Darinn nicht allein 1363. so wol Einheimische als Außländndische Kräuter mit Lateinisch und Deutscher Benennung abgebildet, sondern auch die meisten, so in der Medicin gebräuchlich, kürtzlich erkläret werden
Panckow, Thomas · 1656 · p.75
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 131586.