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Meadow Saffron

Colchicum autumnale

306Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
27Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb2
Mar5
Apr33
May36
Jun20
Jul4
Aug49
Sep87
Oct14
Nov1
Dec0

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England61
2Herefordshire, County of England52
3Powys Wales18
4Highland Scotland14
5Suffolk England11
6Gloucestershire England11
7Norfolk England7
8Oxfordshire England7
9Surrey England7
10Somerset England6
11North Yorkshire England3
12Monmouthshire Wales3
13Cambridgeshire England2
14Argyll and Bute Scotland2
15Bury England2
218 England17 Scotland21 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 27 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
306
Peak month
September
Counties with records
27
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Colchicum autumnale
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,257
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Liliales
Family
Colchicaceae
Genus
Colchicum
Name with authority
Colchicum autumnale L.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q152553 · GBIF 2739622