The Colchicum kesselringii Regel, listed in the Red Book of the Republic of Uzbekistan, has begun to bloom in Zarafshan National Natural Park.

Colchicum kesselringii belongs to the bulbous and tuberous plants group and is found in Tashkent, Samarkand, Navoi, Kashkadarya, Jizzakh, and Surkhandarya regions.

Currently, Zarafshan National Natural Park employees are studying the spread of micropopulations of this species and monitoring the condition of a rare plant.

N. Usmanova, UzA