Asparagaceae
Portuguese squill
Scilla peruviana
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Genus
- Scilla
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Common names
By language (12)
- Bulgarian
- Перуански синчец
- Catalan
- Escil·la portuguesa
- Chinese
- 地中海綿棗兒, 地中海绵枣儿, 地中海蓝钟花, 葡萄牙蓝瑰花, 地中海藍鐘花, 秘魯綿棗兒, 葡萄牙綿棗兒, 葡萄牙绵枣儿
- Czech
- Ladoňka mnohokvětá
- English
- Portuguese squill, Sicilian squill
- Finnish
- Isosinililja
- French
- Scille du Pérou, Scille du Perou
- German
- Peruanischer Blaustern
- Japanese
- オオツルボ, シラー・ペルビアナ
- Polish
- Cebulica peruwiańska
- Spanish
- Bartsia peruvianum, Escila peruano, Esquila portuguesa, Jacinto peruano, Lirio cubano
- Welsh
- Seren Portiwgal
Synonyms
- Basaltogeton peruvianum (L.) Salisb.
- Caloscilla clusii Jord. & Fourr.
- Caloscilla elegans Jord. & Fourr.
- Caloscilla flaveola Jord. & Fourr.
- Caloscilla grandiflora Jord. & Fourr.
- Caloscilla hughii Jord. & Fourr.
- Caloscilla livida Jord. & Fourr.
- Caloscilla pallidiflora Jord. & Fourr.
- Caloscilla subalbida Jord. & Fourr.
- Caloscilla subcarnea Jord. & Fourr.
- Caloscilla venusta Jord. & Fourr.
- Hyacinthus peruvianus (L.) Vilm.
- Melomphis peruviana (L.) Raf.
- Melomphis sicula Raf.
- Oncostema cerulea (Raf.) Speta
- Oncostema cupanii (Guss.) Speta
- Oncostema elongata (Parl.) Speta
- Oncostema hughii (Tineo ex Guss.) Speta
- Oncostema peruviana (L.) Speta
- Oncostema sicula (Tineo ex Guss.) Speta
- Ornithogalum ceruleum Raf.
- Ornithogalum coeruleum Parl.
- Ornithogalum speciosum Raf.
- Scilla candida Guss.
- Scilla cerulea (Raf.) Soldano
- Scilla ciliaris hort.
- Scilla clusiana Endl.
- Scilla clusii Parl.
- Scilla clusii var. candida (Guss.) Nyman
- Scilla clusii var. comata (Hoffmanns.) Nyman
- Scilla comata Hoffmanns.
- Scilla cupaniana Schult. & Schult.f.
- Scilla cupanii Guss.
- Scilla elongata Parl.
- Scilla filangeri Tineo ex Lojac.
- Scilla fistulosa Raf.
- Scilla hemisphaerica Boiss.
- Scilla hemisphaerica var. glabra Boiss.
- Scilla hughii Tineo ex Guss.
- Scilla peruviana subsp. elongata (Parl.) Maire
and 25 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- March to May (from 415 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Olivier Argagnon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jacques van der Merwe, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sylvie Jeanson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Boualem Felfoul, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: そらみみ, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: anne.zesiger, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: muffinn from Worcester, UK, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Frank Jansen, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Ziegler175, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.