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The flowers are usually blue, but those of Scilla siberica var. alba are white. The stamens of Scilla are separate, unlike those of the related genus Puschkinia, which are fused into a tube. The pollen is dark blue. After flowering, the flower stems become limp as capsules (pods) mature. At maturity, the capsules become purple and split open ...
In classical literature, Scilla was known for its medicinal properties. [b] [3] Later mentions include pre-Linnaen botanists such as Fuchs (1542) [7] and Clusius (1601), who considered many closely related plants to be types of Hyacinthus. [8] [9] [3] Spring Scilla flowers in Kildeskoven, Greater Copenhagen, Denmark
Each bulb produces two leaves, up to 8 cm long and 2 cm wide, and at most one flowering stem, up to 10 cm long. The flowers are produced in a loose pyramidal raceme, with 2–3 flowers per stem, which face upwards. Each flower is up to 3.5 cm across. The base of each tepal is white (as are the stamen filaments), producing a white 'eye'. The ...
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Scilla section Chionodoxa, known as glory-of-the-snow, is a small group of bulbous perennial flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae. Formerly treated as the separate genus Chionodoxa , they are now included in Scilla as a section.
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Scilla sardensis; Scilla siberica; V. Scilla verna This page was last edited on 8 November 2015, at 04:09 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
The raceme bears 6-10 flowers, each 1 cm (0.4 in) across. [2] The flowers of Scilla bifolia are upward-facing, unlike the nodding flowers of Scilla siberica (Siberian squill). They bloom from early to late spring. The six tepals are deep violet-blue, more rarely white, pink, or purple. [2] The fruit is a capsule 6–8 mm (0.2–0.3 in) across. [2]