Colchicum filifolium (Cambess.) Stef.

Spice Flower Fruit Leaves In the field

Family: LILIACEAE

Genus: Colchicum

Sinònims: Merendera filifolia Camb.

Catalan common name: Safrà bord.

Spanish common name: Cástamo.

Province distribution: Balearic Islands.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca. Ibiza. Formentera.

General distribution (Phytogeography): West Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Geophyte.

Habitats: Therophytic calicole fields. Therophytic silicolous fields. Garriques and mountains. Therophytic communities.

Characteristics: When this palnt is in flower (at the beginning of autumn) this is no chance of confusing this plant with any other, as it makes a large pink flower that emerges directly above from the ground, additionally, they are usually in groups that form genuine carpets of pink flowers. To the contrary, once flowering has passed, it is difficult to tell the thin, characteristic leaves of this species form other similar plants that occupy the same habitat, such as: Scilla autumnalis, Narcisus serotinus, Romulea columnae, Allium sps. etc.; although the leaf of Merendera filifolia does have a "V" -shaped cross section which is distinct from the others.