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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Monocots
  5. Lilies, Supplejacks, and Allies
  6. Bellworts and Allies
  7. Naked Ladies
  8. Colchicum Subgen. Colchicum
  9. Spring Meadow Saffron

species 1,201 observations

Spring Meadow Saffron

Colchicum bulbocodium

Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supports All

4 native animals
supported in the US
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Mallard, Common Raven, Eurasian Jackdaw, Redpoll 4

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Light
Full sun Part shade
Moisture
Well drained
Soil
Loam Organic
Soil pH
Acid Neutral Alkaline
Drought tolerant
Yes
Deer resistant
Yes
Habit
Erect
Plant type
Bulb Perennial Poisonous

From NC State Extension.

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