Scilla hyacinthoides is a geophyte, native to Southern Europe to Northern Iraq. Like all Scilla it is a bulbous plant.
Habitat Scilla hyacinthoides is native to France including Corsica, Italy (Sardegna, Sicilia), Greece including East Aegean Islands, Yugoslavia, and the Middle East with Turkey, Lebanon-Syria, Iraq and the Palestine region. It was introduced to Portugal, Spain, and Algeria, and in the US to Texas and Louisiana, as well as to South Australia.
Description It flowers in March to April with bluish-purple flowers on high flowering stalks.
See also List of Scilla species
References
Bibliography The Jerusalem Botanical Gardens site (Hebrew) Michael Zohary; Naomi Feinbrun-Dothan (1966-1986) Flora Palaestina Witztum A.and Negbi M. (1991) Primary xylem of Scilla hyacinthoides (Liliaceae) - the wool-bearing bulb of Theophrastus. Economical Botany 45:97-102