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(First upload on November 6 2016. Last on June 3 2024) [ 日本語 | English ]

Colchicum L. (イヌサフラン) Inusafuran (イヌサフラン, 犬番紅花/咱夫藍/洎夫藍/洎夫蘭), autumn crocus, meadow saffron or naked lady Lifeform: cold-tolerant, perennial forb overwintered by bulbs Distribution: native to southern and central Europe - north Africa Introduced to Japan in Meiji Era for gardening Habitat: grasslands

Flower: late autumn (September-October) Use: medicine (analgia and gout) when appropriately used (colchicine and alkaloid in the seeds) Poisonous plant: sometimes misidentified to an edible plant Allium victorialis ssp. platyphyllum (check the smell) Cultivars: Alboplenum, Album, Atropurpureum, Drama Bunch, Karin Persson, Nancy Lindsay, Pannonicum, Roseum Plenum, etc.

Colchicum autumnale in Hokkaido

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[1/2] under street trees near the South Gate of Hokkaido University on October 12 2016. [3/4] along a paved road in N11/W4, North Ward, Sapporo, on September 27 2020. [5/6] in Experimental Station for Medical Plant Studies, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, on May 4 2024.