Autumn crocus or meadow saffron (Colchicum autumnale): flowers, leaves and sectioned corm. Coloured zincograph, c. 1853, after M. Burnett.
- Burnett, M. A., active 1850.
- Date:
- [1853]
- Reference:
- 23988i
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Description
Meadow saffron corms and seeds are the source of medicinal colchicum (tinctura colchici formerly a pain killer especially in gout), and the alkaloid colchicine used in plant breeding
Publication/Creation
London : James Sangster & Co., [1853]
Physical description
1 print : zincograph, with watercolour
Lettering
Colchicum autumnale common meadow saffron
Reference
Wellcome Collection 23988i
Type/Technique
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Location Status Access Closed stores