Nederlands: Spaanse hyacinth
Español: Jacinto de bosque - Jacinto de campo - Escila española
Français: Scille d'Espagne
Deutsch: Spanische Hasenglöckchen
Family: Asparagaceae - Asparagus family
Flowering time: Febrero-May
Height: 10-50cm
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Colour: pale to mid–blue, ocassionally pinkish or white
Habitat: primarily a mountain species, limestone rocks, meadows, roadsides, cultivated land
Distribution: Iberian Peninsula: western, southern and central Spain and Portugal
Synonyms: Scilla hispanica - Endymion campanulatus - Endymion hispanicus
Note: In Spain the Hyacinthoides hispanica flowers between February and April and in northern Europe in April and May. Naturalized in France, Italy and Yogoslavia, perhaps elsewhere. Compared to the Common Bluebell, the Spanish Bluebell has paler flowers that are produced on all sides of the upright stem, less recurved petals and blue pollen. The Spanish Bluebell is cultivated as a garden plant in a number of European countries, and several named cultivars exist with flowers in various shades of white, pink and blue. The hyacinths that occur in the Netherlands outside the gardens are considered hybrids of Hyacinthoides hispanica and the Hyacinthoides non-scripta and are known as Hyacinthoides x massartiana. In Great Britain and parts of France the Spanish bluebell is regarded as an enemy of the native Hyacinthoides non-scripta.
Related key words: Rotterdam, Botanische tuin Kralingen, Andalucía, Guarda forestal Sierra de la Nieves, Torcal de Antequera, naturalized cultivar, stinsenplant, Stinzeplanzen, stinzenflora, plantes castrales, kruishyacinth
