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Scilla luciliae

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Filed as Chionodoxa luciliae Boiss. [family HYACINTHACEAE]

Isotype of Scilla luciliae (Boiss.) Speta [family LILIACEAE]

Isotype of Chionodoxa luciliae Boiss. [family ASPARAGACEAE]

Type of Chionodoxa luciliae Boiss. [family ASPARAGACEAE]

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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,

Flora

Entry for Chionodoxa luciliae Boissier [family HYACINTHACEAE]

Flora of North America (FNA)

Flora of North America

Reference Sources

Flora of North America, Vol 26,

Chionodoxa luciliae Boissier [family HYACINTHACEAE], Diagn. Pl. Orient., 1(5): 61. 1844

Scilla luciliae (Boissier) Speta [family HYACINTHACEAE]

Treatment Author(s)

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.

[1600–2000 m in Turkey];

Europe (w Turkey).USA Mass.USA Mich.USA Utah

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