Scilla peruviana

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Common name: Cuban Lily, Wild Hyacinth, Peruvian Scilla, בן-חצב סוככי, בן-חצב סוככי

Family: Asparagaceae (Asparagus)

Distribution: W Europe, N Africa

Life form: Geophyte

Etymology: Although the epithet peruviana means "from Peru", it is strictly a western Mediterranean species. Linnaeus named the species in 1753, noting an earlier name given to the plant by Carolus Clusius, Hyacinthus stellatus peruanus.[6] It is said that Clusius misunderstood a statement that the bulbs came from a ship called "Peru" and thought that they came from the country

1: • Accession: 0000-2804
2: Geophytes terrace: Summer Dormancy - Sun (noGEO-SD.Sun) • Accession: 2006-1079 • Provenance: Garden
3: Mediterranean: E Med. Shrubland (MDC4) • Accession: 1910-0215/1
4: Mediterranean: W Med. evergreen woodland (MDA3) • Accession: 2006-1079/1 • Provenance: Garden
5: Mediterranean: West Med. Shrubland (MDA4) • Accession: 2010-1220/2
6: Mediterranean: West Med. Shrubland (MDA4) • Accession: 2022-0254 • Provenance: Garden

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Scilla peruviana

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