Nick Upton / Pyrenean merendera / False meadow saffron (Merendera pyrenaica / Colchicum montanum) flowering on montane pastureland, Vegas de Sotres, Picos de Europa, Asturias, Spain, August.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Meadow saffron crocus (Colchicum autumnale) flowers, Mohacs, Bda-Karapancsa, Duna Drava NP, Hungary, September 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Meadow saffron crocus (Colchicum autumnale) flowers covered in water droplets, Mohacs, Bda-Karapancsa, Duna Drava NP, Hungary, September 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Field of Meadow saffron crocus (Colchicum autumnale) one growing in cow dung, Mohacs, Béda-Karapancsa, Duna Drava NP, Hungary, September 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Döerr / Meadow Saffron flower (Colchicum autumnale) soft focus, Piatra Craiului Mountains, Transylvania, Southern Carpathian Mountains, Romania, October 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Döerr / Meadow Saffron flower (Colchicum autumnale) soft focus, Piatra Craiului Mountains, Transylvania, Southern Carpathian Mountains, Romania, October 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Döerr / Meadow Saffron (Colchicum autumnale) flowers in meadow, Piatra Craiului Mountains, Transylvania, Southern Carpathian Mountains, Romania, October 2008

Nick Upton / Pyrenean merendera / False meadow saffron (Merendera pyrenaica / Colchicum montanum) flowering on montane pastureland, Vegas de Sotres, Picos de Europa, Asturias, Spain, August.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Close up of flower (Colchicum montanum), Leon province, Castilla y Leon, Spain. August.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Close up of flower (Colchicum montanum), Leon province, Castilla y Leon, Spain. August.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Close up of flower (Colchicum montanum), Leon province, Castilla y Leon, Spain. August.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Close up of flower (Colchicum montanum), Leon province, Castilla y Leon, Spain. August.