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Chionodoxa luciliae

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Name

Identification
Scilla luciliae (Boiss.) Speta [family HYACINTHACEAE ] Verified by Franz Speta, 1974 Chionodoxa luciliae Boiss. [family HYACINTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by H. Mordak, 1978 Scilla luciliae (Boiss.) Speta [family HYACINTHACEAE ] Verified by Franz Speta, 1976 Chionodoxa null [family HYACINTHACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Chionodoxa
  • Scilla luciliae
  • Chionodoxa luciliae

Flora

Entry for Chionodoxa luciliae Boissier [family HYACINTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 26,
Names
Chionodoxa luciliae Boissier [family HYACINTHACEAE], Diagn. Pl. Orient., 1(5): 61. 1844
Scilla luciliae (Boissier) Speta [family HYACINTHACEAE]
Treatment Author(s)
J. McNeill
Information
Plants 10–20 cm; bulbs ovoid, 1.5–2 cm. Leaves 2–4, often recurved, broadly linear, 7–20 × 1–2 cm. Scapes usually solitary. Inflorescences 1–2-flowered. Flowers: perianth deep blue with white central zone, tube 2.5–4 mm; tepals 12–15(–20) mm; filaments white; pedicel erect, equaling or shorter than perianth. Capsules ± globose, 4–6 mm. Seeds with white appendages. 2n = 18.
Phenology
early
mid spring
Altitude range
[1600–2000 m in Turkey];
Distribution
Europe (w Turkey).USA Mass.USA Mich.USA Utah
Discussion
Chinodoxa luciliae, a spring-blooming, garden species, has been reported established on lawns in Houghton and Borrago counties, Michigan (E. G. Voss 1972–1985, vol. 1). Because C. forbesii Baker, distinguished by its taller scapes (to 30 cm), with more numerous (4–10), slightly larger, and slightly pendent flowers, is more widely cultivated, often as “C. luciliae,” both it and C. luciliae are expected to be naturalized elsewhere.
Native/Introduced
introduced;

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