Hyacinthoides italica
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Hyacinthoides italica, the Italian bluebell or Italian squill, is a spring-flowering bulbous perennial plant belonging to the family Asparagaceae.[1][2]
It is one of around 11 species in the genus Hyacinthoides, others including the common bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) in northwestern Europe, and the Spanish bluebell (Hyacinthoides hispanica) further west in the Iberian Peninsula.[3]
Description
Hyacinthoides italica is up to Script error: No such module "convert". tall. The stem is leafless. It has 3-6 basal lance-shaped leaves, Script error: No such module "convert". wide and Script error: No such module "convert". long. The inflorescence is a dense, conical or pyramid-like raceme with 5-30 bright violet-blue star-like flowers. The flowers have two narrow bracts. Flowering period extends from February to May.[4][5][6]
It is in some respects intermediate between the common and Spanish species in having slender leaves (as in H. non-scripta or even slenderer), but a dense raceme of flowers (as in H. hispanica; not sparse and one-sided as in H. non-scripta).
Hyacinthoides italica is used as an ornamental plant. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[7][8]
Distribution
This species is native to the central Mediterranean region, in northwestern Italy, in southern France, and in northeastern Spain.[9]
Habitat
It can be found in olive groves, in dry and stony meadows and in clearings of forests at an elevation up to Script error: No such module "convert". above sea level.
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References
Notes
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- ↑ Hyacinthoides italica (L.) Rothm., Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 53: 15 (1944). International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org, accessed 16 May 2021
- ↑ species: Italian Bluebell Hyacinthoides italica (L.) Rothm. Biolib, www.biolib.cz, accessed 16 May 2021
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- ↑ Hyacinthoides italica (L.) Rothm. {ID 4091} - Scilla della riviera Acta Plantarum, www.actaplantarum.org, accessed 16 May 2021
- ↑ Italiensk blåstjärna Hyacinthoides italica (L.) Rothm. Den virtuella floran linnaeus.nrm.se, accessed 16 May 2021
- ↑ PIGNATTI S., 1982. Flora d'Italia, Edagricole, Bologna
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- ↑ Hyacinthoides italica (L.) Rothm. luirig.altervista.org, accessed 16 May 2021
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General references
- Huxley, A. (1992). New RHS Dictionary of Gardening vol. 2: 604. Macmillan.