Hyacinthus orientalis L.

Garden hyacinth (en), Jacinthe (fr), Muguet bleu (fr), Jacinthe d'Orient (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asparagaceae > Hyacinthus

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite deciduous herb. It grows 0.3m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread barochory
Mature width (meter) 0.55 - 0.1
Mature height (meter) 0.3
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Among rocks, up to 2000 metres in Turkey
Light 4-8
Soil humidity 3-6
Soil texture 3-5
Soil acidity 3-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-9

Usage

Uses dye environmental use essential oil material medicinal poison
Edible -
Therapeutic use Poison (unspecified)
Human toxicity skin-irritating (flower)
Animal toxicity weak toxic (flower)

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -18
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Hyacinthus orientalis habit picture by alain Aguilera (cc-by-sa)
Hyacinthus orientalis habit picture by Manuëlle (cc-by-sa)
Hyacinthus orientalis habit picture by Manuëlle (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Hyacinthus orientalis leaf picture by Mayumi (cc-by-sa)
Hyacinthus orientalis leaf picture by alain Aguilera (cc-by-sa)
Hyacinthus orientalis leaf picture by Cristian Zanella Cristian Zanella (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Hyacinthus orientalis flower picture by Bernard Rullier (cc-by-sa)
Hyacinthus orientalis flower picture by Bernard Rullier (cc-by-sa)
Hyacinthus orientalis flower picture by Mayumi (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Hyacinthus orientalis fruit picture by jacques maréchal (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Hyacinthus orientalis world distribution map, present in Cuba, Cyprus, France, Greece, Haiti, Iraq, Italy, Netherlands, Pakistan, Palau, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Turks and Caicos Islands, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:536789-1
WFO ID wfo-0000665369
COL ID 6MH3S
BDTFX ID 35025
INPN ID 103081
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Scilla coronaria Hyacinthus orientalis f. pleniflorus Hyacinthus orientalis subsp. albulus Hyacinthus orientalis subsp. provincialis Hyacinthus orientalis

Lower taxons

Hyacinthus orientalis subsp. orientalis Hyacinthus orientalis subsp. chionophilus