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The hyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus), or hyacinthine macaw, is a parrot native to central and eastern South America.With a length (from the top of its head to the tip of its long pointed tail) of about one meter it is longer than any other species of parrot.
Several species of Brodiaea, Scilla, and other plants that were formerly classified in the Liliaceae family and have flower clusters borne along the stalk also have common names with the word "hyacinth" in them. Hyacinths should also not be confused with the genus Muscari, which are commonly known as grape hyacinths.
It includes two extant species, the hyacinth macaw and Lear's macaw also known as the indigo macaw, and one probably extinct species, the glaucous macaw. At about 100 centimetres (39 in) in length the hyacinth macaw is the longest parrot in the world. Glaucous and Lear's macaws are exclusively cliff nesters; hyacinth macaws are mostly tree nesters.
The flower hyacinth that rose from Hyacinth's blood is said to have had a deep blue or purple hue and a sign resembling the inscription "AI" on its petals, a symbol of sorrow. [41] However, this flower has been identified with another plant, the larkspur, or an iris, or perhaps gladiolus italicus rather than what we today call hyacinth. [42]
Grape hyacinth, Muscari, a genus of perennial bulbous plants native to Eurasia Hyacinth bean, Lablab , a genus of bean in the family Fabaceae with the sole species Lablab purpureus Water hyacinth, Pontederia crassipes , aquatic plant native to the Amazon basin
Dipodium, commonly known as hyacinth orchids, [3] is a genus of about forty species of orchids native to tropical, subtropical and temperate regions of south-east Asia, New Guinea, the Pacific Islands and Australia.
Common names include camas, quamash, Indian hyacinth, camash, and wild hyacinth. [citation needed] It grows in the wild in great numbers in moist meadows. They are perennial plants with basal linear leaves measuring 20 to 80 centimetres (8 to 32 in) in length, which emerge early in the spring. They grow to a height of 30 to 130 cm (12 to 50 in ...
Wild hyacinth may refer to: Hyacinthoides non-scripta, a European species also called the common bluebell; Camassia, a genus of six North American species; Dipterostemon capitatus, a species from North America, the only species in the genus Dipterostemon; Dichelostemma multiflorum, a species from California and Oregon