Hyacinthoides hispanica

(Miller) Rothmaler

Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 53: 14. 1944.

Common names: Spanish bluebell
Introduced
Basionym: Scilla hispanica Miller Gard. Dict. ed. 8, Scilla no. 8. 1768
Synonyms: Endymion hispanicus (Miller) Chouard Hyacinthoides non-scripta subsp. hispanica (Miller) Kerguélen
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Mentioned on page 316.

Plants 20–40 cm; bulb 1–2 mm diam. Leaves 4–8; blade linearlanceolate to lanceolate, 20–50 cm × 10–35 mm. Racemes 6–8-flowered, not 1-sided, apex not drooping. Flowers erect in bud, at least distal ones remaining so, not fragrant; perianth campanulate; tepals spreading, not reflexed distally, blue, oblong-lanceolate, 1.5–2 cm; stamens equal, inserted below middle of perianth; anthers blue; pedicel 4–10 mm, ± equaling perianth. 2n = 16, 24.


Phenology: Flowering late spring.
Habitat: Escaped from gardens
Elevation: 0–1000 m

Distribution

Introduced; Va., sw Europe, nw North Africa

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"thicker" is not a number.

... more about "Hyacinthoides hispanica"
versatile +  and dorsifixed +
cordate +  and linear +
J. McNeill +
(Miller) Rothmaler +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
dilated +
Scilla hispanica +
reticulate-veined +  and parallel-veined +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br />) +
lanceolate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
sheathing +  and involucrate +
subtending +
tunicate +  and scaly +
1mm +  and 2mm +
renewed +  and annual +
Spanish bluebell +
Va. +, sw Europe +  and nw North Africa +
0–1000 m +
connate-coroniform +  and dilated +
sessile +  and pedicellate +
not fragrant +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
loculicidal +
3-lobed +  and subglobose +
membranaceous +  and leathery +
Escaped from gardens +
persistent +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
zygomorphic +  and actinomorphic +
campanulate +
Flowering late spring. +
Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. +
coalescent +
tubular +
wind-distributed +
3 +  and 30 +
globose +  and ellipsoid +
Introduced +
adnate +  and free +
1 +  and several +
3 +  and 1 +
Endymion hispanicus +  and Hyacinthoides non-scripta subsp. hispanica +
Hyacinthoides hispanica +
Hyacinthoides +
species +
reflexed +  and spreading +
oblong-lanceolate +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
sepaloid +  and petaloid +
narrower +
3 +  and 2 +