Bulbs, Perennials > Puschkinia > Puschkinia scilloides > Puschkinia scilloides var. libanotica
Puschkinia scilloides
var. libanotica
Striped Puschkinia
Origin: Native to USSR (Caucasus), Turkey, northern Iran and Iraq and Lebanon. The genus is named after Count Apollo Apollosovich Mussin-Pushkin (1805), a Russian chemist and plant collector.
| Family |
| Asparagaceae |
| Genus |
| Puschkinia |
| Species |
| scilloides |
| Category |
| Bulbs, Perennials |
| Variety |
| libanotica |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 4 - 8 |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| 2a - 7 |
| RHS Hardiness Zone |
| H5 - H7 |
| Temperature (°C) |
| -34 - (-9) |
| Temperature (°F) |
| -30 - 15 |
| Height |
| 7 - 15 cm |
| Spread |
| 7 - 15 cm |
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Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
| General Description |
| Puschkinia scilloides var. libanotica is a bulbous perennial herb with 2 - 3 long, basal, strap-shaped leaves from which rises an erect stalk with a spike of star-shaped pale blue flowers with darker striping. |
| Growth |
| Medium |
| Leaf Description |
| Green, up to 15 ⨉ 0.5 cm, 2 or 3, basal, narrowly strap-shaped. |
| Flower Description |
| Flowers consist of 6 pale blue, sometimes white petals each with a darker central stripe, perianths are tubular. In loose racemes on leafless, erect stalks 5 - 20 cm long. |
| Fruit Description |
| Tri-valved, spherical capsules. |
| Notable Specimens |
| The A.M. Cuddy Gardens, Strathroy, Ontario, Canada. |
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