Scilla hyacinthoides
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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.[1]
Description
It flowers in March to April with bluish-purple flowers on Template:Cvt high flowering stalks.[2]
See also
References
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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