Scilla
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Scilla is a genus of about 30 to 80 species of bulb-forming perennial herbaceous plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae. Sometimes called the squills in English, they are native to w
Scille à deux feuilles
Linnaeus: Scilla 1753, 1st page
Spring Scilla flowers in Kildeskoven, Greater Copenhagen, Denmark
Hyacinthus caeruleus mas minor (Scilla bifolia) Fuchs De historia 1543
Scilla bifolia
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Scilla bifolia, the alpine squill or two-leaf squill, is a herbaceous perennial plant growing from an underground bulb, belonging to the genus Scilla of the family Asparagaceae.
Scilla
…Discorides [40–90 AD]) and Roman (Pliny [23–79 AD]) writers. Theophrastus described Scilla hyacinthoides (skilla), and more briefly S. autumnalis and S. bifolia in his Historia plantarum, where he mentions "those of squill" (σκῐ́λλης; skilles). In classical literature, Scilla was known for its medicinal properties…
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