Colchicum zahnii

{{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 zahnii |page=e.T13134338A18608929 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-2.RLTS.T13134338A18608929.en}}

| genus = Colchicum

| species = zahnii

| authority = Heldr.

| synonyms = *Colchicum psaridis Heldr. ex Halácsy

| synonyms_ref = {{Cite web|url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-302930|title=Colchicum psaridis Heldr. ex Halácsy — The Plant List|website=www.theplantlist.org|access-date=2020-03-13}}

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Colchicum zahnii is a species of flowering plant in the family Colchicaceae.{{cite taxon |id=533431-1 |title=Colchicum zahnii Heldr. |access-date=November 4, 2024}}{{Catalogue of Life |id=5ZKF3 |title=Colchicum zahnii Heldr. |access-date=November 4, 2024}} It is native to southern Greece. It blooms in mid-autumn from rhizomatous corms. The flowers can be variable coloured, being a pale purple-pink to white and are often held wide open. The leaves are produced at flowering time and usually number 2 to 3. This species is similar to Colchicum boissieri in that the corms grow into large patches, rather than tight clumps like Colchicum speciosum or Colchicum autumnale.{{cite book |title=Autumn Bulbs |first1=R. |last1=Leeds |publisher=Batsford |location=United Kingdom |year=2006 |isbn=0-7134-8962-6}}