Colchicum autumnale
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Contains colchicine with no antidote; spring leaves are mistaken for wild garlic, with fatal results.
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Rises leafless from bare ground in autumn
Six stamens, whereas a true crocus has three
In spring produces a tuft of broad glossy leaves without flowers