Hyacinthoides italica

Hyacinthoides italica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Asparagaceae
Subfamily:	Scilloideae
Genus:	Hyacinthoides
Species:	H. italica
Binomial name
	Hyacinthoides italica; (L.) Chouard ex Rothm.
Synonyms
	Endymion italicus (L.) Chouard ; Hyacinthus italicus (L.) E.H.L.Krause ; Ornithogalum spicatum Gaterau ; Scilla bertolonii Duby ; Scilla byzantina Poir. ; Scilla italica L. ; Scilla pallida Salisb. ; Scilla pauciflora Link ex Schult. & Schult. ; Scilla purpurea Mill. ; Somera italica (L.) Salisb.;

Hyacinthoides italica, the Italian bluebell or Italian squill, is a spring-flowering bulbous perennial plant belonging to the family Asparagaceae.

It is one of around 11 species in the genus Hyacinthoides, others including the common bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) in northwestern Europe, and the Spanish bluebell (Hyacinthoides hispanica) further west in the Iberian Peninsula.

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