Meadow Saffron / Autumn Crocus - Colchicum autumnale

Pentax K-3 • ¹⁄₁₂₅ sec • ƒ / 6,3 • 450 mm • ISO 400 •  SIGMA 18-300mm F3.5-6.3 DC MACRO OS HSM C014 Glabrous perennial with a spherical corm. Stems Flowering stem elongating in fruit. Leaves Developing in spring, up tp 35x5 cm, bright glossy green; plant leafless at flowering. Flowers 1-3 Crocus-like appearing in late summer-autumn; perianth tube 5-20 cm, pale purple; ovary subterranean. Habitat Damp permanent meadows, clearings in open woodland, on rich, fertile soils. List. Native. Locally frequent but declining. Central and S Britain, especially around Severn Valley. (S, W and central Europe.) Fls Aug-Oct. Source: Collins Flower Guide, David Streeter, HarperCollins Publishers, London 2009 pg 648/649

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