Colchicum kotschyi is a species of flowering plant in the Colchicaceae family. It is native to Iran, Iraq and Turkey.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Colchicum kotschyi It blooms relatively early for an autumn flowering colchicum, as early as August. The flowers often open to a pink-purple colour, but white flowered specimens are common in the wild. The plant reaches up to 2 m (6 ft) tall and grows well in sunny, warm locations.Autumn Bulbs by Roy Leeds (B.T. Batsford Ltd) 2006 Boissier, Pierre Edmond. 1854. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium Novarum, ser. 1, 13: 38.
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