Colchicum Autumnale Info?

March 10, 2008 7:49 PM

I need some information on colchicum autumnale.

What is the age of reproductive maturity/generation time of colchicum autumnale? Also, I need its number of offspring and its lifespan. I'm doing this for homework and can't find the information anywhere (been searching google for a while now!). Any help would be appreciated, please cite your references. Thank you.

posted by CliffDiving44 to Home & Garden (2 answers total)

Rodale's Illustrated Encyclopedia of Herbs suggest that reproductive maturity is attained at age 3 to 6 years when grown from seed, although it is often grown from a corm (bulb). The plant produces 1 to 3 fruits that contain the seeds.
posted by ikkyu2 at 11:32 PM on March 10, 2008

FYI: It's usually not a good idea to do your homework using Ask Metafilter. The community has kinda frowned on that in the past.
posted by SpecialK at 6:54 AM on March 11, 2008