Hyacinthoides hispanica (Mill.) Rothm., 1944

Common names

🇬🇧 Spanish Bluebell
🇫🇷 Fausse jacinthe d’Espagne, Jacinthe d’Espagne

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Scilloideae
Tribe: Hyacintheae
Subtribe: Hyacinthinae
Genus: Hyacinthoides
Species: Hyacinthoides hispanica

Presence

Introduced.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): NA Not Applicable

Notes

Possible confusion with H. non-scripta (L.) Chouard ex Rothm., 1944 or H. × massartiana Geerinck, 1997, which have recurved flower stem tips and mostly vertical flowers, while H. hispanica has erect flower stem tips and mostly oblique flowers.

Hybridizes with H. non-scripta (L.) Chouard ex Rothm., 1944 to produce H. × massartiana Geerinck, 1997, P.