autumn crocus
Any of a group of late-flowering plants belonging to the lily family. The mauve meadow saffron (Colchicum autumnale) yields colchicine, which is used in treating gout and in plant breeding. (Genus Colchicum, family Liliaceae.)
Colchicine causes plants to double the numbers of their chromosomes, forming polyploids)
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