Scilla autumnalis, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1980, Flora Europaea. Volume 5. Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 43

15. S. autumnalis L. , Sp. Pl. 309 (1753) .

Bulb 15-30 mm in diameter, ovoid. Stems 5-20 cm, minutely scabrid towards the base, up to twice as long as the mature leaves. Leaves 5-10 (absent or very short at anthesis), 4-15 cm x 1-2 mm, usually erect (occasionally up to 4 mm wide and more or less procumbent), narrowly linear and canaliculate or subfiliform, glabrous. Inflorescence an elongating 6- to 20-flowered raceme; pedicels 8-15 mm, ascending. Perianth-segments 3-5 mm, pinkish-blue to lilac. Seeds 2x 1 mm, ellipsoid, black, finely rugulose. 2« =14, 28, 42. Dry, grassy, places. S. & W. Europe, northwards to S. England and Hungary. Al BI Br Bu Co Cr Ga Gr Hs Hu It Ju Lu Rm Rs (W, K) Sa Si Tu.