Scilla hyacinthoides

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Squilla hyacinthoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Liliopsida Order: Asparagales Family: Hyacinthaceae Genus: Scilla Species: S. hyacinthoides
Binomial name
Scilla hyacinthoides L.

Scilla hyacinthoides is a geophyte, belonging to the Liliaceae family. It is 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 inflorescenses.
Scilla hyacinthoides is a bulb plant. It flowers in March - April with bluish-purple flowers on 50-80 cm high flowering stalks.

[edit] Sources

• The Jerusalem Botanical Gardens site http://www.botanic.co.il/A/catalog.asp?qcat=SCIHYA
• 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