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Squills
Scilla
Scilla () is a genus of about 30 to 80 species of bulb-forming perennial herbaceous plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae. Sometimes called the squills in English, they are native to woodlands, subalpine meadows, and seashores throughout Europe, Africa and the Middle East. A few species are also naturalized in Australasia and North America. Their flowers are usually blue, but white, pink, and purple types are known; most flower in early spring, but a few are autumn-flowering. Several Scilla species are valued as ornamental garden plants.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Siberian squill
speciesScilla siberica
Alpine Squill
speciesScilla bifolia
Forbes' Glory-of-the-snow
speciesScilla forbesii
Boissier's Glory-of-the-snow
speciesScilla luciliae
Petranthe
subgenusPetranthe
Basaltogeton
subgenusBasaltogeton
Mishchenko squill
speciesScilla mischtschenkoana
Scilla vindobonensis
speciesScilla vindobonensis
Seven-year Hyacinth
speciesScilla hyacinthoides
Lesser Glory-of-the-snow
speciesScilla sardensis
Meadow Squill
speciesScilla litardierei
Scilla kladnii
speciesScilla kladnii
Turkish Squill
speciesScilla bithynica
Cilician Squill
speciesScilla cilicica
Dwarf Glory-of-the-snow
speciesScilla nana
Scilla subnivalis
speciesScilla subnivalis
Pallid Squill
speciesScilla morrisii
Scilla monanthos
speciesScilla monanthos
Scilla rosenii
speciesScilla rosenii
Scilla libanotica
speciesScilla libanotica
Scilla lakusicii
speciesScilla lakusicii
Scilla forbesii × luciliae
hybridScilla forbesii × luciliae
Greek Squill
speciesScilla messeniaca
Scilla buekkensis
speciesScilla buekkensis
Star Hyacinth
speciesScilla amoena
Scilla siehei
speciesScilla siehei
Scilla ingridiae
speciesScilla ingridiae
Scilla nivalis
speciesScilla nivalis
Scilla paui
speciesScilla paui
Scilla pleiophylla
speciesScilla pleiophylla
Scilla × allenii
hybridScilla × allenii
Scilla reuteri
speciesScilla reuteri
Scilla andria
speciesScilla andria
Loch's Glory-of-the-snow
speciesScilla lochiae
Scilla albinervis
speciesScilla albinervis
Scilla melaina
speciesScilla melaina
Scilla cydonia
speciesScilla cydonia
Cretan Glory-of-the-snow
speciesScilla cretica
Scilla kurdistanica
speciesScilla kurdistanica
Scilla vardariana
speciesScilla vardariana
Scilla leepii
speciesScilla leepii
Scilla arsusiana
speciesScilla arsusiana
Scilla bilgineri
speciesScilla bilgineri
Scilla alinihatiana
speciesScilla alinihatiana
Scilla antunesii
speciesScilla antunesii
Scilla arenaria
speciesScilla arenaria
Scilla achtenii
speciesScilla achtenii
Scilla chlorantha
speciesScilla chlorantha
Scilla begoniifolia
speciesScilla begoniifolia
Scilla bussei
speciesScilla bussei
Scilla congesta
speciesScilla congesta
Scilla engleri
speciesScilla engleri
Scilla platyphylla
speciesScilla platyphylla
Scilla voethorum
speciesScilla voethorum
Scilla lucis
speciesScilla lucis
Scilla ledienii
speciesScilla ledienii
Scilla jaegeri
speciesScilla jaegeri
Scilla katendensis
speciesScilla katendensis
Scilla mesopotamica
speciesScilla mesopotamica
Scilla longistylosa
speciesScilla longistylosa
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.46
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.189
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.816
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.814
On Medical Materials in Six Books
Dioscorides · 1550 · p.332
De medicinali materia libri sex
Dioscorides · 1552 · p.340
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.446
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.776
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.700
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.700
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.189
Complete Treatise on Agricultural Administration
Xu Guangqi · 1909 · p.723
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Scilla in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
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 49149.