Colchicum variegatum is a species of plant native to Greece and Turkey and cultivated in many other places.Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 342,Colchicum variegatumKew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Colchicum variegatum
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 checkerboard or chessboard pattern.Ker Gawler, John Bellenden. 1807. Botanical Magazine 26: t. 1028, Colchicum variegatum
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Greek Mountain Flora, photo of Colchicum variegatum at Mount Ochi on Evia Island Pacific Bulb Society, Colchicum variegatum