Steven's Meadow Saffron / سَنا كاذب / / الزعفران الخريفي / / وَحْواح

لحلاح ستيفن / قِنْصور كيليكْيا / سُورَنْجان / بِزّيزة / وَدَع / رعشة الارض / الحيلوان المبكر / حليان

Colchicum stevenii Kunth

Flowers, November. This photo is available under the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC 4.0 License.

Edibility and Usage

Edibility
Unknown
Blooming period
October to December
Potential medicinal uses
  • Vulnerary

Description

Perenniality
Perennial
Petal colour
  • Pink
Leaf type
  • Entire
Life form
  • Geophyte

Scientifc data

Genus
Colchicum
Family
Colchicaceae
Wikidata item
Q7219489
GBIF Item
Colchicum stevenii Kunth (2739613)

References

  1. IUCN Red List. (2021, November 20).
  2. Machaka Houri, N., Houri, A.(2014). Wild Flowers of Lebanon with Special Focus on Key Biodiversity Areas.Beirut:Chemaly & Chemaly.(English and Arabic)
  3. Colchicum stevenii Kunth in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-04-10.
  4. Mahmiyat.ps. Colchicum stevenii. (2021, November 20).
  5. Houri, A., Machaka Houri, N. (2001). photographic guide to wild flowers of Lebanon. Beirut: Chemaly & Chemaly.(English and Arabic)
  6. Al Sheikh, B. (2019). Checklist and Ecological Data Base of Wild Plants of the West Bank - Palestine (Arabic).
  7. عراف، ش.،عمر،ر.،اسعد، ص.(1995).مساهمة في دراسة نباتات البلاد(الحلقة الاولى).ترشيحا:مركز الدراسات القروية.(عربي)

Citation

Colchicum stevenii Kunth in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/500 accessed via barari.org on 2/19/2026.

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