Colchicum laetum explained

Colchicum laetum is a species of Colchicum found in south east Russia through to the Caucasus.^[1]

A plant known in cultivation as C. laetum 'Pink Star' is thought to be a selection of Colchicum × byzantinum. It has flowers which are pale purple-pink with rounded ends; the petals of each bloom are often held parallel to the soil surface.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Steven, Christian von. 1829. Nouveau Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 7: 262, t. 18, Colchicum laetum
2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11015887#page/752/mode/1up Nyman, Carl Frederik. 1882. Conspectus florae europaeae : seu Enumeratio methodica plantarum phanerogamarum Europae indigenarum, indicatio distributionis geographicae singularum etc. 743, Colchicum × byzantinum var. laetum