Colchicum turcicum, Janka

19. C. turcicum Janka , Österr. Bot. Zeitschr. 23: 242 (1873).

Corm up to 3 x 2 cm, ovoid; tunic dark brown, coriaceous, with a long neck. Leaves 5-9, up to 15 cm x 6-25 mm, developing after anthesis, linear-lanceolate, obtuse to subacute, glaucous; margins somewhat undulate, ciliate (sometimes obscurely so). Flowers 3-8; perianth-segments 30-40 x 4-13 mm, deep crimsonpurple, occasionally paler, oblong to linear-elliptical, obtuse to subacute. Filaments up to 15 mm; anthers 4-7 mm, yellow (occasionally purplish); pollen yellow. Styles straight, slightly curved at apex; stigmas long-decurrent. Capsule 20-30 mm, oblong. Flowering August to October. Meadows. E. part of Balkan peninsula. Bu Gr Ju Tu.

C. drenowskii Degen & Rech. fil. ex Kitanov , Bull. Inst. Bot. (Sofia) 1: 378 (1950), is apparently based on flowers and foliage from different species growing together in C. Bulgaria. It is compared with 19 and 14 by Kitanov.