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A walk through the Flowers
Scilla hyacinthoides Family: Liliaceae (Lily)
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This squill is a medium-to-tall perennial, growing to about 80 cm. The flowers grow in a bunch on the end of a long tapered spike-like racime.
Flowers.
Mar-May.
Size.
80 cm (tall)
Flower Blossom.
10-20 mm. Small violet-blue flowers, 10-20 mm, grow in a bunch of up to 150; up to 80 cm high. The bracts, if any, are only up to 1.5 mm long (different from S. peruviana).
Leaves.
The leaves are distinctive for the S. hyacinthoides; 8-12 linear-long leaves, only 15-30 mm wide, grow from the base of the plant.
Habitat.
Rocky areas, hedgerows and dry fields.
Similar Flowers
| Scilla peruviana |
Peruviana Squill
To 50 cm tall; flowers have noticeable bracts; leaves to 60 cm long, 40 mm wide. |
| Scilla autumnalis |
Autumn Squill
Sept-Nov; only 5-20 cm tall; flowers in a loose racime of only 6 - 20 blooms. |
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