EPPO Global Database

Colchicum europaeum(AOBGR)

Overview
Code created in: 1997-08-08

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: AOBGR
  • Preferred name: Colchicum europaeum
  • Authority: (Lange) J.C. Manning & Vinnersten

Notes

Native to Spain, southern Mediterranean. Cultivated as an ornamental bulb plant, and also used medicinally.


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Androcymbium europaeum (Lange) K. Richter
Erythrostictus europaeus Lange

Common names
Name Language
azafrán del Cabo Spanish