Autumn crocus or meadow saffron (Colchicum autumnale): flowers, leaves and sectioned corm. Coloured zincograph, c. 1853, after M. Burnett.

  • Burnett, M. A., active 1850.
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[1853]
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23988i
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Autumn crocus or meadow saffron (Colchicum autumnale): flowers, leaves and sectioned corm. Coloured zincograph, c. 1853, after M. Burnett. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Meadow saffron corms and seeds are the source of medicinal colchicum (tinctura colchici formerly a pain killer especially in gout), and the alkaloid colchicine used in plant breeding

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London : James Sangster & Co., [1853]

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1 print : zincograph, with watercolour

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Colchicum autumnale common meadow saffron

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Wellcome Collection 23988i

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