Scilla siberica

Scilla siberica subsp. var.	Blue squill, Siberian squill
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Siberian squill (Scilla siberica), also known as wood squill or spring beauty, is a bulbous perennial native to Siberia flowering in early spring. It naturalizes rapidly from seed.

Flowers have six petals and six stamens, and are arranged singly or in racemes of 2 or 3.

Most specimens have blue flowers, but the variety alba is white. The stamens of Scilla are separate, unlike those of the related genera Puschkinia and Chionodoxa, and pollen is the same color as the flower.

After flowering, the flower stems become limp and seedpods form. At maturity, the pods become purple and split open, releasing small, dark brown seeds. When seed is mature, the leaves wither and the plant goes dormant till the next spring.

Seedlings are small and hollow-leaved.

At 15 cm (6 in), Siberian squill is suitable to be planted in grass, and will form large colonies that go dormant by the time grass needs to be mowed.

Gallery

• Scilla siberica pods.jpg

  seed pods

• Scilla siberica alba bulbs.jpg

  bulbs

• Park Klepacza Lodz.jpg

  Klepacza Park in Łodz, Poland

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