| Scientific Name: | Colchicum autumnale |
| Common Name: | autumn crocus |
| Family Name: | Colchicaceae |
| Origin: | Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 7: (-18 to -12 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.1 - 0.2m x < 0.1m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching |
| Form: | Weeping |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Container planting, Fall interest, Rock garden |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Grass-like, Basal, Soft flexible, Parallel venation, Glabrous, Linear, Entire |
| Flowers: | Flowers solitary, Purple, Pink, Sep-Oct |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Green, Brown, Nov-Dec, (Persistent) |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves linear, margins entire, dieback by midsummer; flowers crocus-like, pink-purple, anthers not branched, in Sept.-Oct. while leaves are absent. | |