Common name:
Autumn squill
Family:
Scientific name:
Prospero autumnale
Synonym:
Scilla autumnalis
Main flower color:
Range:
Southwest England, mainly coastal
Height:
Up to 20 cm
Habitat:
Cliffs, grassland
Flowers:
Greenish in bud, pink-purple when open; six tepals, fused only at the base, and six stamens of similar length, with pink filaments and purple anthers. Flowers are bractless, and attached by pedicels similar in length to the corolla; in a compact, elongated cluster of between four and 20 heads
Leaves:
Basal, narrow, grass-like and slightly twisted or curved; up to 15 cm long. Usually withered before blooming
Season:
July to September
Rarity:
★★★★★
