Asparagaceae
Siberian squill
Scilla siberica
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Genus
- Scilla
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Common names
By language (30)
- Arabic
- إشقيل سيبيري
- Armenian
- Մկնասոխ սիբիրական
- arz
- اشقيل سيبيرى
- Azerbaijani
- Sibir zümrüdçiçəyi
- Bulgarian
- Сибирски синчец
- Chinese
- 西伯利亚绵枣儿
- Czech
- Ladoňka sibiřská, Ladoňka nicí
- Danish
- Russisk Skilla
- Dutch
- Oosterse sterhyacint
- English
- Siberian squill
- Estonian
- Harilik siniliilia
- Finnish
- Idänsinililja, Siperiansinililja
- French
- Scille de Sibérie, Scille de Siberie
- Georgian
- Ციმბირული ცისთვალა
- German
- Sibirischer Blaustern, Nickende Sternhyazinthe, Sibirische Sternhyazinthe
- hsb
- Sibirska česnička
- Icelandic
- Síberíulilja
- Japanese
- シラー・シベリカ
- Lithuanian
- Sibirinė scylė
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Russeblåstjerne
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Russeblåstjerne
- os
- Æрдузы къах
- Persian
- نجمآبی گیلانی
- Polish
- Cebulica syberyjska
- Russian
- Пролеска сибирская
- Slovak
- Scilovka sibírska
- Swedish
- Rysk blåstjärna
- Ukrainian
- Проліски пониклі, Проліска сибірська
- Welsh
- Seren Siberia
- xal
- Багла цецгүдтә, Проле́ска сиби́рская
Synonyms
- Othocallis siberica (Andrews) Speta
- Scilla cernua Redouté
- Scilla praecox Donn
- Scilla pratensis K.Koch
- Scilla siberica var. gracilis Grossh.
Flowers
- In flower
- March to April (from 4,755 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Wolfgang Jauch, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Thomas Koffel, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Daughter Dad, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Foto: Bernd Schwabe in Hannover, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marek Argent, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Павел C, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sylvia Kusmin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.