| Author: | Werner
Hugo Paul Rothmaler, 1944 |
| Family: |
HYACINTHACEAE* |
| Origin: |
Algeria,
Morocco, Tunisia |
| Soil: |
Mix |
| Water:
|
Medium |
| Sun: |
Medium |
| Thickness: |
5 Centimetres |
| Height: |
2 (10) Centimetres |
| Flower:
|
Pale Blue |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Bulbs |
| Names:
|
Bluebells,
Wood Squills |
| Synonyms: |
Scilla
lingulata, Jean Louis Marie Poiret, 1789.
Prospero
lingulatum, Salisb. 1866.
Endymion lingulatus,
Pierre Chouard, 1930.
Apsanthea melanocarpa, Jord.
Apsanthea micrantha, Jord.
Apsanthea oligantha, Jord.
Apsanthea propera, Jord.
Apsanthea serotina, Jord.
Scilla bipartita, Salzm. ex Baker |
This member of the Hyacinthaceae family was
given this name by Werner Hugo Paul Rothmaler in 1944. It is found in
Morocco, Algeria and
Tunisia, growing in a well
drained soil with some water and some sun. The bulbs
can grow to five centimetres, the leaves lying almost flat on the
ground are five to six centimetres. The inflorescence with the pale blue flowers reaches ten centimetres.
The former Scilla
lingulata var. ciliolata Batt. 1905.
The genera name means 'Hyachinth-like'.
The species name means 'tongue-shaped' for the leaves.
*)Accordantly to the latest taxonomic system; APG IV 2016, Hyacinthaceae
is
now part of
the Asparagaceae.
This is a winter-grower. |
