Colchicum variegatum

Colchicum variegatum is a species of plant native to Greece and Turkey and cultivated in many other places.^[1][2]

Colchicum variegatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Liliales
Family:	Colchicaceae
Genus:	Colchicum
Species:	C. variegatum
Binomial name
Colchicum variegatum L.
Synonyms[1]
List Colchicum tessellatum Salisb. Colchicum tessulatum Mill. Colchicum chionense Haw. ex Kunth Colchicum parkinsonii Hook.f. Colchicum variegatum subsp. parkinsonii (Hook.f.) K.Richt. Colchicum variegatum f. decolorans Candargy Colchicum variegatum var. desii Pamp.

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.^[3]