Hyacinthoides non-scripta
Bull. Soc. Bot. France 81: 625. 1934.
Common names: English bluebell
IntroducedIllustrated
Basionym: Hyacinthus non-scriptus Linnaeus Sp. Pl. 1: 316. 1753 (as non scriptus)
Synonyms: Endymion non-scriptus (Linnaeus) Garcke Scilla non-scripta (Linnaeus) Hoffmannsegg & Link Scilla nutans Smith
Plants 20–30 cm; bulb 1–1.5 mm diam. Leaves 3–6; blade linear to linearlanceolate, 20–50 cm × 7–15 (–25) mm. Racemes 6–12-flowered, 1-sided, apex drooping. Flowers erect in bud, all becoming pendent, fragrant; perianth cylindrical-campanulate; tepals erect proximally, reflexed distally, violet-blue or rarely white or pink, oblong-lanceolate, 1.5–2 cm; stamens unequal, outer inserted near middle of perianth, inner near base; anthers cream; pedicel 4–10 mm, ± equaling perianth. 2n = 16, 24.
Phenology: Flowering late spring.
Habitat: Escaped from gardens
Elevation: 0–1500 m
Distribution
Introduced; B.C., Ind., Ky., N.Y., Ohio, Pa., Va., Wash., w Europe
Discussion
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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cream +
introrse +
drooping +
sheathing +
herbaceous +
dilated +
narrow +
subtending +
absent +
English bluebell +
solid +
fleshy +
slender +
fragrant +
single +
capsular +
loculicidal +
Present +
bracteate +
racemose +
true +
simple +
persistent +
superior +
1;10 +
showy +
cylindrical-campanulate +
unequal +
equaling +
Bull. Soc. Bot. France +
1934 +
6-12-flowered +
coalescent +
few +
tubular +
unwinged +
wind-distributed +
black +
absent +
staminodial +
fertile +
capitate +
distinct +
swollen +
simple +
Hyacinthoides non-scripta +
Hyacinthoides +
species +
1-veined +
pink;white;violet-blue +
connate +
absent +
oblong-lanceolate +
greener +
equal +
narrower +
scapose +
perennial +
woody +