''Colchicum laetum'' is a species of ''

Colchicum ''Colchicum'' ( or ) is a genus of perennial flowering plants containing around 160 species which grow from bulb-like corms. It is a member of the botanical family Colchicaceae, and is native to West Asia, Europe, parts of the Mediterranean coas ...

'' found in south east

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through to the

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. A plant known in cultivation as ''C. laetum'' 'Pink Star' is thought to be a selection of ''Colchicum'' × ''byzantinum''. It has flowers which are pale purple-pink with rounded ends; the petals of each bloom are often held parallel to the soil surface.Nyman, Carl Frederik. 1882. Conspectus florae europaeae : seu Enumeratio methodica plantarum phanerogamarum Europae indigenarum, indicatio distributionis geographicae singularum etc. 743, ''Colchicum × byzantinum'' var. ''laetum''
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