Colchicum chimonanthum K. Perss., as all other members of the genus Colchicum, is a geophyte with flowers protruding a few centimeters above ground surface. As its name implies, it flowers during winter, from December to February. Its tepals are white or have a subtle pink-violet hue. Among them, the stamens with the characteristic golden yellow base stick out. It grows in slopes with low herbaceous vegetation or sparse shrubs. It is a local endemic of the prefecture of Macedonia, firstly described as a separate species in 1999. In 2009 it was included in the Red Data Book, where it was assessed as Vulnerable (VU) due to its restricted area of distribution. New localities of occurrence are still being discovered inside the area of its geographical distribution.
