Botanical name

Colchicum eucomoides

Family

Colchicaceae

Common Name

Cup and Saucer, Men-in-a-boat, Patrysblom

Synonym (old name)

Androcymbium eucomoides
Colchicum eucomoides
Colchicum eucomoides
Colchicum eucomoides
Colchicum eucomoides

Description

Stemless, cormous geophyte. Leaves lanceolate, often tapered, spreading on the ground; flowers crowded in a dense, sessile head, overtopped by ovate greenish or whitish bracts; flowers two to seven; sour or fermented smelling.

Habitat

Clay flats

Flower Date

June to July