Photo: Scilla forbesii 1.
Botanical name:
Flowers and leaf. Botanical garden Kaisaniemi, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2005-04-26.
Flowers and leaf. Botanical garden Kaisaniemi, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2005-04-26.
A profusion of flowers. Botanical garden Kaisaniemi, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2005-04-26.
Scilla forbesii (Baker) Speta.
Engl.: glory of the snow.
Deu.: Grosse Sternhyazinthe.
Sven.: vårstjärna.
Suom.: kirjokevättähti.
Bot. syn.: Chionodoxa forbesii Baker, Chionodoxa luciliae auct., Chionodoxa siehei Stapf, Chionodoxa tmolusi Whittall.
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