Common names:
Bluebell, hyacinth
Family:
Scientific name:
Hyacinthoides non-scripta
Main flower color:
Range:
All across the UK
Height:
Up to 50 cm
Habitat:
Sea cliffs, woodland, grassland, hedgerows
Flowers:
A bell-shaped corolla, purple to blue (less often pure white), opening to six recurved lobes, exposing the cream-coloured anthers. Flowers are attached by short stalks, with two thin bracts at the base. Flowers tend to form a one-sided cluster, partly curving downwards when mature
Leaves:
Basal, shiny, dark, green, linear, up to 40 cm long and 2 cm wide
Season:
April to June
Rarity:
★★★★★
