Mrazovts ordinary (Latin Colchicum autumnale), also known as autumn crocus or karpikozhuh is a perennial plant forming a small flowering bulb, the family Colchicaceae, which has nothing to do with Saffron crocuses, which are the family Iridaceae. As its name indicates, blooms in autumn and its color much like the crocus. Unlike the crocus is poisonous. Distinguished easily from Saffron crocuses in that its colors are six stamens (in Saffron crocuses are three) and its leaves are much bigger and broader than those of the crocus.

The leaves grow in spring and early summer. They have the smell of garlic that naponyashta. The leaves die before flowering plant. From one bulb to develop several colors - up to 6-7. Plants of this kind come from Europe and Western Asia. Karpikozhuhat grows in mountain meadows and pastures. In Bulgaria, occurs in all the mountains and mountain areas.

The genus name comes from Colchis - the country in which, according Dioskorid plant is located in the largest quantity. The genus includes about 30 species, but is found in our local species Colchicum autumnale, the meadows spread across the country.