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Taxonomy

Notes:

Publishing author: Sweet Publication: Hort. Brit. (Sweet) 419; Reichb. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 105 1826

An accepted name in the RHS Horticultural Database.

Physical Description

Flowers: Bloom Period: March, April, May. • Flower Color: light blue, near white, pale green, white

Distribution

Growth

Culture: Space 3-6" apart.

Soil: Minimum pH: 6.1 • Maximum pH: 7.8

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun.

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11. (map)

Similar Species

Members of the genus Bellevalia:

There are approximately 132 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them: B. acutifolia · B. albana · B. aleppica · B. alexandrina · B. anatolica · B. aperta · B. appendiculata · B. araxensis · B. araxina · B. arnmeniaca · B. artensis · B. assadii · B. atroviolacea · B. aucheri · B. azurea · B. battandieri · B. boissieri · B. bouriana · B. bouviana · B. bracteosa · B. brevipedicellata · B. caucasica · B. charrelii · B. ciliata · B. clusiana · B. comosa · B. crassa · B. cupaniana · B. curta · B. cyanoleuca · B. cyanopoda · B. cyrenaica · B. dalmatica · B. decolorans · B. densiflora · B. desertorum · B. dichroa · B. douinii · B. dubia · B. dubia boissieri · B. edirnensis · B. eigii · B. elwendia · B. fallax · B. feinbrunae · B. feinbruniae · B. flexuosa · B. flexuosa var. galalensis · B. fominii · B. fontanesii · B. forniculata · B. freynii · B. fuliginosa · B. galitensis · B. glauca · B. gracilis · B. gussoniana · B. hackelia · B. hackelii · B. hermonis · B. heweri · B. holzmanni · B. hyacinthoides · B. inconspicua · B. koeiei · B. kurdistanica · B. latifolia · B. leucophaea · B. lineata · B. lipskyi · B. longipes · B. longistyla · B. macrobotrys · B. macrorhiza · B. makuensis · B. mathewii · B. maura · B. mauritanica · B. micrantha · B. millingeni · B. modesta · B. montana · B. mosheovii · B. multicolor · B. muscarioides · B. nervosa · B. nivalis · B. olivieri · B. operculata · B. oxycarpa · B. pallens · B. palmyrensis · B. paradoxa (Grape Hyacinth) · B. paradoxa white-flowered · B. parva · B. pendulina · B. persica · B. pieridis · B. pinardi · B. pomelii

Bibliography

• Judd, Campbell, Kellog & Donoghue: Plant Systematics, a phylogenetic approach
• Judd, W.S., Campbell, C.S., Kellog, E.A. & Donoghue, M.J. (2002): Plant Systematics: a phylogenetic approach, Sinauer, Sunderland, Mass.

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Notes

Contributors:

• Bisby FA, Roskov YR, Orrell TM, Nicolson D, Paglinawan LE, Bailly N, Kirk PM, Bourgoin T, van Hertum J, eds (2008). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2008 Annual Checklist Taxonomic Classification. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 04, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.
• World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

Data Sources:

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 04, 2008:

• European Environment Agency: EUNIS
• GBIF-Sweden: Lund Botanical Museum (LD)

Identifiers:

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 615342
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:531855-1
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 721232