Puschkinia scilloides

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

Read about Puschkinia scilloides in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Puschkinia scilloides, Adams (Adamsia scilloides, Willd.). Height 4-12 in.: bulb globular, about 3/4in. thick: lvs. as long as scape, 1/2-1 in. wide: raceme 1-10-fld.; pedicels slender, erect; perianth usually bluish white; divisions elliptic-oblong, three times as long as the tube; crown one-third as long as divisions, cleft to middle into truncate or retuse teeth. April, May. Var. libanotica, Boiss. (P. libanotica, Zucc.), differs from the type in having divisions of perianth 1/2in. long and the teeth of the crown more acute and bifid. Gn. 32, p. 5; 54, p. 219. B.M. 2244. F.S. 21:2220 (as P. sicula). F. Tracy Hubbard. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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