Flora of North America species comparison

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Hyacinthoides non-scripta

common bluebell, English bluebells, English-blue-bell
Habit Plants 20–30 cm; bulb 1–1.5 mm diam.
Leaves

3–6;

blade linear to linear-lanceolate, 20–50 cm × 7–15(–25) mm.
Racemes

6–12-flowered, 1-sided, apex drooping.
Flowers

erect in bud, all becoming pendent, fragrant;

perianth cylindrical-campanulate;

tepals erect proximally, reflexed distally, violet-blue or rarely white or pink, oblong-lanceolate, 1.5–2 cm;

stamens unequal, outer inserted near middle of perianth, inner near base;

anthers cream;

pedicel 4–10 mm, ± equaling perianth.
2n

= 16, 24.

Hyacinthoides non-scripta
Phenology Flowering late spring.
Habitat Escaped from gardens
Elevation 0–1500 m (0–4900 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
IN; KY; NY; OH; PA; VA; WA; BC; w Europe [Introduced in North America]
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Source FNA vol. 26, p. 316.
Parent taxa Liliaceae > Hyacinthoides
Sibling taxa
H. hispanica
Synonyms Hyacinthus non-scriptus, Endymion non-scriptus, Scilla non-scripta, Scilla nutans
Name authority (Linnaeus) Chouard: Bull. Soc. Bot. France 81: 625. (1934)
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