Scilla hyacinthoides

Scilla hyacinthoides is a geophyte, native to Southern Europe to Northern Iraq. Like all Scilla it is a bulbous plant.

Habitat

Scilla hyacinthoides is native to France including Corsica, Italy (Sardegna, Sicilia), Greece including East Aegean Islands, Yugoslavia, and the Middle East with Turkey, Lebanon-Syria, Iraq and the Palestine region. It was introduced to Portugal, Spain, and Algeria, and in the US to Texas and Louisiana, as well as to South Australia.

Description

It flowers in March to April with bluish-purple flowers on high flowering stalks.

See also

• List of Scilla species

References

Bibliography

• The Jerusalem Botanical Gardens site (Hebrew)
• Michael Zohary; Naomi Feinbrun-Dothan (1966-1986) Flora Palaestina
• Witztum A.and Negbi M. (1991) Primary xylem of Scilla hyacinthoides (Liliaceae) - the wool-bearing bulb of Theophrastus. Economical Botany 45:97-102