Colchicum autumnale

Colchicum autumnale

Meadow Saffron

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Anthophyta
Flowering plants
Lily family
Liliaceae
Photographer: John Crellin
Mendip Hills, Somerset.
Long Wood.
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The Long Wood strain have much lighter flowers than those at Velvet Bottom - about 600 metres away as the crow flies but a very different habitat.

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24 August 2004
Section: Wild Plants and Fungi of the British Isles
 
British Isles status: native
Nikon D70
Exposure Mode: Shutter Priority
Metering: Multi-Pattern
Focussing: Manual
1/60 sec - F/6.3
Lens: 60mm F/2.8 D
Sensitivity: ISO 1600
Colchicum autumnale

Meadow Saffron

FloralImages
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Protected by a Creative Commons Licence.
Anthophyta
Flowering plants
Lily family
Liliaceae
Photographer: John Crellin
Edford Wood.
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Showing the fruiting capsule emerging with the leaves in spring.

Back to: Wild plants; Flowering plants; Native plants; Lily family; North Somerset

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24 April 2004
Section: Wild Plants and Fungi of the British Isles
 
British Isles status: native
Nikon D70
Exposure Mode: Shutter Priority
Metering: Multi-Pattern
Focussing: Manual
1/125 sec - F/5.6
Lens: 60mm F/2.8 D
Sensitivity: ISO 320