Asparagaceae
Alpine squill
Scilla bifolia
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Genus
- Scilla
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Common names
By language (22)
- Arabic
- إشقيل ثنائي الأوراق, إشقيل بلغاري
- arz
- اشقيل ثنائى الاوراق
- Bulgarian
- Обикновен синчец
- Catalan
- Escil·la bifòlia
- Chinese
- 蓝瑰花, 二叶绵枣儿, 二叶蓝瑰花, 二葉綿棗兒, 二葉藍瑰花
- Czech
- Ladoňka dvoulistá
- Dutch
- Vroege sterhyacint
- English
- Alpine squill, Two-lead squill, Two-leaf squill
- Estonian
- Kahelehine siniliilia
- Finnish
- Pikkusinililja, Pikkukevättähti
- French
- Scille à deux feuilles, Scille a 2 feuilles, Scille à 2 feuilles
- German
- Zweiblättriger Blaustern, Blausternchen, Zweiblättrige Meerzwiebel, Speta-Blaustern, Traun-Blaustern
- hsb
- Dwojołopjenata česnička
- Hungarian
- Nyugati csillagvirág, Speta-csillagvirág
- Macedonian
- Алпски синчец
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Tyrkiasnøstjerne
- Polish
- Cebulica dwulistna
- Russian
- Пролеска двулистная
- Slovak
- Scila dvojlistá
- Swedish
- Tidig blåstjärna
- Ukrainian
- Проліски дволисті, Проліска дволиста, Бриндушки сині
- Welsh
- Seren y mynydd
Synonyms
- Adenoscilla bifolia (L.) Gren. & Godr.
- Adenoscilla unifolia Texidor
- Anthericum bifolium (L.) Scop.
- Genlisa bifolia (L.) Raf.
- Hyacinthus bifolius (L.) E.H.L.Krause
- Ornithogalum bifolium (L.) Neck.
- Rinopodium bifolia (L.) Salisb.
- Scilla bifolia f. multiflora Gajic & Kulibali
- Scilla bifolia subsp. danubialis Speta
- Scilla bifolia subsp. drunensis Speta
- Scilla bifolia subsp. laxa (Schur) Soó
- Scilla bifolia subsp. nivalis (Boiss.) K.Richt.
- Scilla bifolia subsp. praecox (Willd.) K.Richt.
- Scilla bifolia subsp. rara Trávn.
- Scilla bifolia subsp. spetana (Kereszty) Trávn.
- Scilla bifolia var. bohemica Trávn.
- Scilla bifolia var. cernua Nyman
- Scilla bifolia var. drunensis (Speta) Trávn.
- Scilla bifolia var. hohenackeri Nyman
- Scilla bifolia var. laxa (Schur) Nyman
- Scilla bifolia var. magnomoravica Trávn.
- Scilla bifolia var. rosea (Lehm.) Nyman
- Scilla bifolia var. secunda (Janka) Nyman
- Scilla bulgarica Speta
- Scilla carnea Sweet
- Scilla cernua Janka
- Scilla chladnii Schur
- Scilla concinna Salisb.
- Scilla decidua Speta
- Scilla dedea Speta
- Scilla drunensis (Speta) Speta
- Scilla drunensis subsp. laxa (Schur) Valdés
- Scilla drunensis var. albescens Kereszty
- Scilla drunensis var. albida Kereszty
- Scilla dubia K.Koch
- Scilla hohenackeri Janka
- Scilla laxa Schur
- Scilla lusitanica L.
- Scilla minor K.Koch
- Scilla nivalis subsp. subnivalis Nyman
and 12 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- March to April (from 3,233 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Matthieu Gauvain, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Михайло Жук, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Francesco Santoro, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Felicia Seichter, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Florian Grossir, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Robert Roach, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Andreas Schwarzkopf, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mirko Ubović, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Алена Ручка, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.