Colchicum hungaricum, popularly known as the Hungarian crocus, is a species of Colchicum found in Hungary, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, and Bulgaria.
[1] It has white or pinkish-lilac flowers and blooms in very early spring.
[2] It was first described by Viktor Janka in 1886.
[3] The Hungarian crocus was depicted on the 2 Forint coin of Hungary from 1992 to 2008.
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