Colchicum parnassicum

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Zervou, S. |year=2024 |title=Colchicum parnassicum |page=e.T13134119A18610744 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-2.RLTS.T13134119A18610744.en}}

| genus = Colchicum

| species = parnassicum

| authority = Sart., Orph. & Heldr.

| synonyms = {{species list |Colchicum lingulatum var. parnassicum|(Sart., Orph. & Heldr.) Stef.

|Colchicum neapolitanum|Orph. ex Nyman}}

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Colchicum parnassicum is a species of flowering plant in the family Colchicaceae.{{cite taxon |POWO |id=533358-1 |title=Colchicum parnassicum Sart., Orph. & Heldr. |access-date=November 3, 2024}}{{Catalogue of Life |id=CD3H3 |title=Colchicum parnassicum Sart., Orph. & Heldr. |access-date=November 3, 2024}} It is endemic to the Sterea Ellada region of central Greece.Joseph Sartori, Theodhoros Georgios Orphanides & Theodor Henrich Herrmann von Heldreich. 1859. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium Novarum, ser. 2, 4: 122, Colchicum parnassicum[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=302914 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Colchicum parnassicum]Stefanoff, Boris. 1926. Sborn. B'lghar. Akad. Nauk 22: 71, Colchicum lingulatum var. parnassicum It is closely related to Colchicum autumnale, mainly being different in having shorter flowers. It blooms in the autumn season into medium pink flowers, which hold up well in the autumn weather. This species, if cultivated in cold climates, will do better in a sunny, sheltered location.{{cite book |last1=Leeds |first1=R. |year=2005 |title=Autumn Bulbs |location=United Kingdom |publisher=Batsford |isbn=0-7134-8962-6}}