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{{SPlantbox
 
{{SPlantbox
 
|familia=Hyacinthaceae
 
|familia=Hyacinthaceae
|genus=Scilla  
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|genus=Scilla
 
|species=siberica
 
|species=siberica
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|taxo_author=Haw.
 
|common_name=Blue squill, Siberian squill
 
|common_name=Blue squill, Siberian squill
 
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
 
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
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|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
 
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
 
|max_zone=8
 
|max_zone=8
|image=Upload.png
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|image=Blausternchen 2.jpg
 
|image_width=240
 
|image_width=240
 
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Describe the plant here...
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'''Siberian squill''' (''Scilla siberica''), also known as '''wood squill''' or '''spring beauty''', is a [[bulb|bulbous]] [[perennial plant|perennial]] native to [[Siberia]] flowering in early spring. It naturalizes rapidly from seed.
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Flowers have six petals and six stamens, and are arranged singly or in racemes of 2 or 3.
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Most specimens have blue flowers, but the variety ''alba'' is white. The stamens of ''Scilla'' are separate, unlike those of the related genera ''[[Puschkinia]]'' and ''[[Chionodoxa]]'', and pollen is the same color as the flower.
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After flowering, the flower stems become limp and [[seedpod]]s form. At maturity, the pods become purple and split open, releasing small, dark brown seeds. When seed is mature, the leaves wither and the plant goes dormant till the next spring.
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Seedlings are small and hollow-leaved.  
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At 15 cm (6 in), Siberian squill is suitable to be planted in grass, and will form large colonies that go dormant by the time grass needs to be mowed.
    
==Cultivation==
 
==Cultivation==
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Image:Upload.png| photo 1
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Image:Scilla siberica pods.jpg|seed pods
Image:Upload.png| photo 2
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Image:Scilla_siberica_alba_bulbs.jpg|bulbs
Image:Upload.png| photo 3
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Image:Park Klepacza Lodz.jpg|Klepacza Park in Łodz, Poland
 
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