Peruvian squill
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The Peruvian squill ( Scilla peruviana , syn .: Oncostema peruviana (L.) Speta ) is a species of the genus of the squill ( Scilla ). The name is misleading as this species does not come from Peru but from the western Mediterranean. It comes from the fact that Carolus Clusius erroneously wrote in 1601 that it came from Peru.
features
The Peruvian squill is an evergreen, perennial, herbaceous plant that reaches heights of 20 to 50 centimeters. This geophyte forms onions as persistent organs. The simple leaves are 40 to 60 centimeters long, 1 to 4 centimeters wide and usually ciliate on the edge.
40 to 100 flowers sit together in a wide, conical, racemose inflorescence . The lower bracts are 2 to 6 (8) inches long. The lower flower stalks are 3 to 5 centimeters long, up to 9 centimeters when the fruit is ripe. The hermaphrodite flowers are threefold. The six deep blue-violet or white bracts are approximately 14 millimeters long and 4 millimeters wide.
The flowering period extends from May to June.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 16, rarely 28.
Occurrence
The distribution area includes southwest Europe to Sardinia, Sicily and southern Italy as well as northwest Africa. This plant species occurs here in damp meadows.
The Peruvian squill is rarely in warmer areas as ornamental plant to find.
literature
- Eckehart J. Jäger, Friedrich Ebel, Peter Hanelt, Gerd K. Müller (eds.): Rothmaler Exkursionsflora von Deutschland Volume 5 Herbaceous ornamental and useful plants. Spectrum Academic Publishing House, Berlin Heidelberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8274-0918-8 .
- Haw, StephenG .: Japonica in The Plantsman, New Series Vol. 3, Part 3, September 2004
- Robert Zander : Zander. Concise dictionary of plant names. Edited by Walter Erhardt , Erich Götz, Nils Bödeker, Siegmund Seybold . 19th updated edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2014, ISBN 978-3-8001-7953-4 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ O'Hara, SA (2019) What's in a Name - Scilla peruviana Website California Horticultural Society
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^ Clusius, C. (1601). Rariorum plantarum historia : 182
Clusius writes: Primum autem locum merito sibi vindicabit elegant et rarissimus unbekannt, quem, ex Peruano orbe delatum, in suo horto alebat Everardus Munichoven et florentem suis coloribus exprimi curabat. A French translation of it can be found here : Cette [Hyacinthus] élégante et très rare, rapportée de la région du Pérou, que cultivait dans son jardin Everard de Munich [oven] (à qui cette étude tient à coeur) et qu'il soignait en fleurs pour ses couleurs parmi les plus belles. - ^ Tropicos. [1]
