Scilla hyacinthoides

Taxobox
name = "Squilla hyacinthoides"

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image_width = 240px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Asparagales
familia = Hyacinthaceae
genus = "Scilla"
species = "S. hyacinthoides"
binomial = "Scilla hyacinthoides"
binomial_authority = 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.

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