Common name:
Spring squill
Family:
Scientific name:
Scilla verna
Main flower color:
Range:
Coastal areas of western Wales, Scotland and England, and eastern Ireland
Height:
Up to 15 cm
Habitat:
Dry grassland, often rocky locations
Flowers:
Pale blue to almost white, formed of six ovate tepals, with a darker stripe on the outer surfaces, along the midline. Each flower is subtended by a bluish bract. At the centre are six stamens, with broad, flattened, white filaments and blue-purple anthers, plus a blue, three-celled ovary with a single style. Flowers are in groups of two to six
Fruit:
Greenish, egg-shaped capsules
Leaves:
Long, narrow, linear, basal, often somewhat curved
Season:
April to June
Rarity:
★★★★★
