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Meadow Squill
Scilla litardierei
Scilla litardierei (syn. S. amethystina, S. pratensis, S. albanica, S. italica, S. nutans, Chouardia litardierrei) the Amethyst Meadow Squill (or Dalmatian Scilla) is a bulbous perennial, grown for its blue grape-hyacinth like flowers, blooming in late spring, much later than the more popular Siberian squill and later than Muscari which it resembles. Originating in the western Balkans, hence Dalmatian Scilla, it was introduced to western Europe (England) in 1827. It has become much more easily available...
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 361064.