Scilla
Genus in the Global Pollen Project's Master Reference Collection
Distribution
© JC Schou (licence)
Squill
Bulbous, perennial herbs, the bulbs sometimes fibrous at apex. Leaves all basal, never spotted. Inflorescence erect, terminal. Bracts 1 or 2 per flower, decurrent. Flowers blue or white, never yellow. Perianth segments spreading or strongly recurved. Filaments connate towards the base. Ovary spherical to oblong; ovules axile, many. Fruit a loculicidal capsule. Seeds rounded, obtusely angled, black... © Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings (licence)
See more in the Encyclopedia of Life... Definition
- Parent Taxon
- Asparagaceae
- Species
- Taxonomic Completion
1.20%
1 of 83 accepted Species- Global Pollen Project UUID
- b8d7a0d0-3b2b-4d22-99be-b5f31b704ed9
- Botanical Reference
- None available. You can check The Plant List for further information.
Connected data sources
This taxon is currently linked to the following locations.
The Plant ListGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility