Scilla hyacinthoides

Scilla hyacinthoides is a geophyte, native to the Middle East, though it was also brought to France by the Turks. Currently this plant is in the process of domestication as a cut flower in Israel due to its inflorescences.

Scilla hyacinthoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Scilloideae
Genus: Scilla
Species:
S. hyacinthoides
Binomial name
Scilla hyacinthoides

Scilla hyacinthoides is a bulb plant. It flowers in March to April with bluish-purple flowers on 50–80 cm high flowering stalks.

Sources

  • The Jerusalem Botanical Gardens site
  • 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


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