WorldFloraDB - Scilla peruviana

Characteristics

Robust, tuft-forming, to 30 cm high. Bulb large, to 7 cm diam.; scales brown. Leaves many, 30-60 × 1.5-4 cm, lorate, flat, narrowed above and below, margins ciliate with minute bristles. Flowers c. 1 cm long, open-rotate, variously coloured, often deep blue, in dense, many-flowered, initially corymbose, later elongate and conical, racemes; pedicels > flowers; bract 1, conspicuous, white, membranous; segments free or ± connate at base. Stamens all inserted near base of segments. Capsule subglobose, c. 7 mm diam., greenish-brown, beaked. Seeds few, ± 2.5 mm long, brownish.

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Bulb to 8 cm diam.; outer tunics woolly. Leaves many, obtuse, 40–60 cm long, to 6 cm wide, glabrous or ciliate. Scape to 50 cm long. Inflorescence corymbose, with up to 100 flowers; bracts subulate, 20–50 mm long; pedicels to 50 mm long, erect, elongating in fruit. Perianth c. 12 mm long, blue-violet. Staminal filaments lanceolate.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

evergreen

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

entomogamy

Spread

barochory

Mature width (meter)

0.1 - 0.5

Mature height (meter)

0.2 - 0.5

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

-

Environment

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	environmental use poison
Edible	-
Therapeutic use	-
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.

Mode	seedlings
Germination duration (days)	30 - 180
Germination temperacture (C°)	10
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-12
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-

Images

Flower

Scilla peruviana flower picture by Sergio costantini (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:540971-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000741698
COL ID	4VJLD
BDTFX ID	61507
INPN ID	121645
Wikipedia (EN)	Link
Wikipedia (FR)	Link

Synonyms

Caloscilla clusii Caloscilla elegans Caloscilla pallidiflora Caloscilla subalbida Hyacinthus peruvianus Melomphis peruviana Ornithogalum coeruleum Oncostema peruviana Scilla comata Scilla clusii Scilla hemisphaerica Scilla sicula Scilla pubens Scilla praebracteata Scilla pseudoperuviana Caloscilla flaveola Caloscilla grandiflora Caloscilla hughii Caloscilla livida Caloscilla subcarnea Caloscilla venusta Loncomelos purpureum Melomphis sicula Oncostema elongata Ornithogalum speciosum Oncostema cupanii Scilla candida Scilla cupaniana Scilla cupanii Scilla elongata Scilla clusiana Scilla cerulea Scilla filangeri Scilla fistulosa Scilla ughii Scilla stellaris Scilla hughii Scilla vivianii Scilla speciosa Ornithogalum ceruleum Oncostema hughii Oncostema cerulea Basaltogeton peruvianum Scilla peruviana var. ifniensis Scilla peruviana subsp. elongata Scilla peruviana var. venusta Scilla peruviana var. pallidiflora Scilla peruviana var. grandiflora Scilla peruviana var. subalbida Scilla peruviana var. flaveola Scilla peruviana var. livida Scilla peruviana var. subcarnea Scilla peruviana var. elegans Scilla peruviana var. killianii Scilla peruviana var. sublivida Scilla peruviana var. stenopetala Scilla peruviana var. gattefossei Scilla peruviana var. diluta Scilla clusii var. comata Scilla clusii var. candida Scilla peruviana subsp. glabra Scilla peruviana subsp. hughii Scilla hemisphaerica var. glabra Scilla peruviana var. zaborskiana Oncostema sicula Scilla peruviana

WorldFloraDB 2024

Scilla peruviana L.

Scille du Pérou (fr), Oncostème du Pérou (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asparagaceae > Scilla