Spring Squill agg. - Scilla agg.
Low to short hairless plant with 2 to 7 linear leaves, which are often curled, and are present before the flowers. The flowers are violet blue, 10 to 16 mm in short racemes. The bracts are membranous and longer than the flower stalks.
Rocky and grassy places.
April to June.
Perennial.
Widespread around the coasts of western and northern Britain, but only as a garden escape elsewhere.
Probably only found as an escape from cultivation in Leicestershire and Rutland. It was not recorded in the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire.
David Nicholls
Lucas' Marsh
09 March 2012
Paul Ruddoch
Melton Country Park
30 March 2015
David Nicholls
Lucas' Marsh
09 March 2012
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Species profile
- Common names
- Spring Squill
- Species group:
- flowering plant
- Kingdom:
- Plantae
- Order:
- Asparagales
- Family:
- Asparagaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 6
- First record:
- 09/03/2012 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 05/03/2023 (Alton, John)
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