ON THIS PLANT
Scilla luciliae is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae. It is referred to by the common names Bossier's glory-of-the-snow or Lucile's glory-of-the-snow, and is a bulbous perennial from western Turkey that flowers in early spring. After flowering, it goes into dormancy until the next spring. The specific epithet is in honour of Lucile, the wife of the Swiss botanist Pierre Edmond Boissier (1810-1885). It belongs to a group of Scilla species that were formerly put in a separate genus, Chionodoxa, and may now be treated as Scilla sect. Chionodoxa.
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
- Plant Type
- Herb
- Life Cycle
- Perennial
- Genus
- Scilla
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Hardiness Zone
- 6-8
- Mature Height
- 10 cm to 20 cm
- Mature Spread
- 15 cm to 23 cm
- Leaf Color
- Green
- Leaf Type
- Deciduous
- Flower Color
- Blue
- Flower Size
- 2.54 cm
- Bloom Time
- Early spring, Mid spring
- Planting Time
- Spring
- Harvest Time
- Late spring, Early summer
- Native Area
- Turkey
ALSO KNOWN AS
Other names.
en Glory-of-the-snow en Boissier's Glory-of-the-Snow en Scilla en Lucile's Squill en Lucile's Glory-of-the-snow en Boissier's glory of the snow en Chionodoxa luciliae
