Colchicum balansae

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|genus = Colchicum

|species = balansae

|authority = Planch.

|synonyms = Colchicum candidum Schott & Kotschy ex Baker

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Colchicum balansae is a variable species of flowering plant in the family Colchicaceae, producing white to rosy-purple flowers in the autumn season. The flowers are borne low to the ground, but can come from bulbs 50 cm (20") below the soil surface. The leaves are absent at flowering time; they start growing in the spring and can reach up to 30 cm (12") long.Planchon, Jules Émile. 1855. Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique sér. 4, 4: 145, Colchicum balansae This species is native to southern Turkey and to Greece (Attica, Poros, Rhodes).[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=302776 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Colchicum balansae ]Autumn Bulbs by Roy Leeds (B.T. Batsford Ltd) 2006 {{ISBN|0-7134-8962-6}}