Scilla scilloides




Family Hyacinthaceae (also placed in Liliaceae)
Subfamily Hyacinthoideae
Tribe Hyacintheae
Scientific name Scilla scilloides (Lindley) Druce
Synonyms Barnardia alboviridis (Handel-Mazzetti) Speta; Barnardia bispatha (Handel-Mazzetti) Speta; Barnardia borealijaponica M. Kikuchi) Speta; Barnardia japonica (Thunberg) Schultes & J. H. Schultes; Barnardia pulchella (Kitagawa) Speta; Barnardia scilloides Lindley; Barnardia sinensis (Loureiro) Speta; Ornithogalum japonicum Thunberg; Ornithogalum sinense Loureiro; Scilla alboviridis Handel-Mazzetti; Scilla bispatha Handel-Mazzetti; Scilla borealijaponica M. Kikuchi; Scilla chinensis Bentham; Scilla chinensis Bentham var. mounsei H. Léveillé; Scilla japonica Baker, non Thunberg; Scilla scilloides (Lindley) Druce forma albida Y. N. Lee; Scilla scilloides (Lindley) Druce var. alboviridis (Handel-Mazzetti) F. T. Wang & Y. C. Tang; Scilla scilloides (Lindley) Druce var. mounsei (H. Léveillé) McKean; Scilla scilloides (Lindley) Druce var. pulchella (Kitagawa) Kitagawa; Scilla sinensis Merrill; Scilla sinensis Merrill var. pulchella (Kitagawa) Kitagawa; Scilla thunbergii Miyabe & Kudô; Scilla thunbergii Miyabe & Kudô var. pulchella Kitagawa
Common name (Japanese common name) tsuru-bo (ツルボ, 蔓穂 [meaning (might be): long inflorescences weed]), suru-bo (スルボ [meaning (might be): smooth inflorescence weed]), sanda0gasa (サンダイガサ, 参内傘 [meaning: grace umbrella])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
(Other nations) Russia, Korea, China, Taiwan
Habitat Field, farm yard
Chromosomal number 2n=26, 34, 35
Description Leaves 10-25cm long, 4-6mm wide. Scapes 30-50cm tall, non hair. Flowers inflorescences 8-17cm long, pedicels 5mm long, bracts 2-2.5mm, 6 pink or merely white perianths each 3-4mm long, flowering in August to September. Fruits 4mm, seeds 4mm. Perennial plants.
Reference Scilla scilloides (Lindl.) Druce
Barnardia japonica (Thunberg) Schultes & J. H. Schultes



August 2008
at lowland field
August 2006
at mountane field
August 2006
at mountane field



September 2007
at Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden
August 2006
at mountane field



October 2007
at Ushiku Forest Park