Colchicum boisseri is member of the flowering plant

Flowering plant

The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...

 family

Family (biology)

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  Colchicaceae native to lands in eastern Mediterranean Sea

Mediterranean Sea

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, southern Greece

Greece

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 and south-western Turkey

Turkey

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. The species is unique for its spreading, rhizomatous bulbs. It blooms well with 5cm (2") blooms in a bright cherry pink. The stamen

Stamen

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s are yellow. The flowers have no tessellation

Tessellation

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s, only a white line down the centre of each petal.