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Internal ID UUID644022694eb33130749572
Scientific name Scilla bifolia
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 309 (1753)

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Scilla bifolia, also known as alpine squill or two-leaf squill, is a perennial plant that grows from an underground bulb. It belongs to the genus Scilla and is part of the Asparagaceae family. The plant has two or rarely three lance-shaped leaves that clasp up to half of the stem. Its flowering stems are erect and unbranched, reaching a height of 10-20 cm. The flowers are upward-facing and bloom from early to late spring. They are deep violet-blue in color, but can also be white, pink, or purple. The plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. There are several subspecies and cultivars of Scilla bifolia, with the 'Rosea' variety having pale pink or white flowers. The plant is native to Europe and western Russia, and can be found in shady places, woods, and mountain grasslands at altitudes of 100-2,000 m.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Ornithogalum bifolium (L.) Neck. Hist. & Commentat. Acad. Elect. Sci. Theod.-Palat. 2: 461 (1770)
Rinopodium bifolia (L.) Salisb. Gen. Pl. : 28 (1866)
Scilla chladnii Schur Verh. Mitth. Siebenbürg. Vereins Naturwiss. Hermannstadt 1: 39 (1850)
Scilla carnea Sweet Hort. Brit. , ed. 2: 528 (1830)
Scilla concinna Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 242 (1796)
Scilla dubia K.Koch Linnaea 19: 315 (1846)
Scilla decidua Speta Naturk. Jahrb. Stadt Linz 22: 65 (1976)
Stellaris bifolia (L.) Moench Methodus : 304 (1794)
Scilla bulgarica Speta Naturk. Jahrb. Stadt Linz 25: 46 (1979 publ. 1980)
Scilla bifolia subsp. laxa (Schur) Soó Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 23: 388 (1977 publ. 1978)
Scilla bifolia f. multiflora Gajic & Kulibali Glasn. Prir. Mus. Beogradu, Ser. B, Biol. Nauke 31: 15 (1976)
Scilla bifolia subsp. danubialis Speta Naturk. Jahrb. Stadt Linz 20: 17 (1974)
Scilla bifolia subsp. drunensis Speta Naturk. Jahrb. Stadt Linz. 1973: 17. 1974
Scilla drunensis (Speta) Speta Naturk. Jahrb. Stadt Linz 22: 34 (1976)
Scilla spetana Kereszty Symb. Bot. Upsal. 27: 111 (1986 publ. 1987)
Scilla dedea Speta Willdenowia 21: 160 (1991)
Scilla pruinosa Speta Willdenowia 21: 162 (1991)
Scilla xanthandra K.Koch Linnaea 19: 816 (1847)
Scilla vernalis Friche-Joset & Montandon Syn. Fl. Jura 316. 1856
Scilla laxa Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv. : 669 (1866)
Scilla lusitanica L. Syst. Nat. ed. 12 , 2: 248 (1767)
Scilla minor K.Koch Linnaea 19: 9 (1846)
Scilla secunda Janka Oesterr. Bot. Wochenbl. 6: 194 (1856)
Scilla resslii Speta Naturk. Jahrb. Stadt Linz 22: 66 (1976)
Scilla rosea Lehm. Index Seminum (HBG, Hamburgensis) 1828: 17. (1828)
Scilla uluensis Speta Linzer Biol. Beitr. 8: 308 (1976)
Scilla trifolia Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv. : 668 (1866)
Scilla nivalis subsp. subnivalis Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 730. 1882 (1882)
Scilla praecox Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4 , 2: 128 (1799)
Adenoscilla bifolia (L.) Gren. & Godr. Fl. France 3: 187 (1855)
Adenoscilla unifolia Texidor Revista Progr. Ci. Exact. 18: ? (1869)
Anthericum bifolium (L.) Scop. Fl. Carniol. , ed. 2, 1: 247 (1771)
Genlisa bifolia (L.) Raf. Autik. Bot. : 57 (1840)
Scilla drunensis subsp. laxa (Schur) Valdés Willdenowia 34: 64 (2004)
Scilla bifolia var. subnivalis Halácsy Consp. Fl. Graec. 3: 238 1904
Scilla bifolia var. cernua Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 730. 1882
Scilla bifolia var. hohenackeri Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 730 1882
Scilla bifolia var. laxa (Schur) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 730 1882
Scilla nivalis var. praecox (Willd.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 730. 1882
Scilla bifolia var. rosea (Lehm.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. Suppl. 2: 306. 1890
Scilla bifolia var. secunda (Janka) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. Suppl. 2: 306. 1890
Scilla bifolia subsp. praecox (Willd.) K.Richt. Pl. Eur. 1: 220. 1890 (1890)
Scilla bifolia subsp. nivalis (Boiss.) K.Richt. Pl. Eur. 1: 220. 1890 (1890)
Scilla bifolia var. bohemica Trávn. Cas. Morav. Mus. Brne, Vedy Prír. 94: 197 (2009)
Scilla bifolia var. magnomoravica Trávn. Cas. Morav. Mus. Brne, Vedy Prír. 94: 197 (2009)
Scilla bifolia subsp. rara Trávn. Cas. Morav. Mus. Brne, Vedy Prír. 94: 197 (2009)
Scilla bifolia var. drunensis (Speta) Trávn. Cas. Morav. Mus. Brne, Vedy Prír. 94: 198 (2009)
Scilla bifolia subsp. spetana (Kereszty) Trávn. Cas. Morav. Mus. Brne, Vedy Prír. 94: 198 (2009)

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Language Common/alternative name
English alpine squill
English two-lead squill
English two-leaf squill
Spanish hyacinthus bifolia
Arabic إشقيل ثنائي الأوراق
Bulgarian обикновен синчец
Catalan escil·la bifòlia
Czech ladoňka dvoulistá
Welsh seren y mynydd
German zweiblättriger blaustern
German blausternchen
German zweiblättrige meerzwiebel
Estonian kahelehine siniliilia
Finnish pikkusinililja
Finnish pikkukevättähti
French scille a 2 feuilles
French scille à 2 feuilles
French scille à deux feuilles
Upper Sorbian dwojołopjenata česnička
Macedonian Алпски синчец
Dutch vroege sterhyacint
Norwegian Nynorsk tyrkiasnøstjerne
Polish cebulica dwulistna
Russian Пролеска двулистная
Slovak scila dvojlistá
Swedish tidig blåstjärna
Ukrainian проліски дволисті
Ukrainian проліска дволиста
Ukrainian бриндушки сині
Ukrainian Проліска дволиста
Chinese 二叶绵枣儿
Chinese 二叶蓝瑰花
Chinese 二葉藍瑰花
Chinese 二葉綿棗兒

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Alternate between 4°C and 20°C for 3 months each, over several cycles, with an extended germination period.
seedlings must remain at 4°C for full 3 months, then gradually raise temp t20°C

Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Europe
    • Eastern Europe
      • Belarus
    • Middle Europe
      • Austria
      • Belgium
      • Czechoslovakia
      • Germany
      • Hungary
      • Netherlands
      • Poland
      • Switzerland
    • Northern Europe
      • Great Britain
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Bulgaria
      • Italy
      • Sicilia
      • Yugoslavia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • France
      • Sardegna
      • Spain

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000741049
Tropicos 18400744
INPN 121606
Flora of Italy 6817
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:540689-1
The Plant List kew-288665
Missouri Botanical Garden 281910
Open Tree Of Life 779426
Observations.org 7417
NCBI Taxonomy 468979
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0000013973
IPNI 540689-1
iNaturalist 56934
GBIF 2767506
Freebase /m/0gkxyj6
EPPO SLLBI
EOL 1082596
Elurikkus 7167
USDA GRIN 33320
Wikipedia Scilla_bifolia

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

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Seed Dispersal by Ants in Three Early-Flowering Plants Prokop P, Fančovičová J, Hlúšková Z Insects 14-Apr-2022
PMCID:PMC9024485
doi:10.3390/insects13040386
PMID:35447828
Preserving for the future the — once widespread but now vanishing — knowledge on traditional pig grazing in forests and marshes (Sava-Bosut floodplain, Serbia) Molnár Z, Szabados K, Kiš A, Marinkov J, Demeter L, Biró M, Öllerer K, Katona K, Đapić M, Perić R, Ulicsni V, Babai D J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 09-Oct-2021
PMCID:PMC8501720
doi:10.1186/s13002-021-00482-9
PMID:34627295
An unknown hotspot of plant diversity in the heart of the Central Apennine: flora and vegetation outline of Mt. Pozzoni-St. Rufo valley (Cittareale, Rieti) Lattanzi E, Del Vico E, Tranquilli R, Farris E, Marignani M, Rosati L PhytoKeys 31-May-2021
PMCID:PMC8390790
doi:10.3897/phytokeys.178.62947
PMID:34475797
Just beautiful green herbs: use of plants in cultural practices in Bukovina and Roztochya, Western Ukraine Stryamets N, Fontefrancesco MF, Mattalia G, Prakofjewa J, Pieroni A, Kalle R, Stryamets G, Sõukand R J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 04-Mar-2021
PMCID:PMC7931611
doi:10.1186/s13002-021-00439-y
PMID:33663565
Impact of climate change and urban development on the flora of a southern European city: analysis of biodiversity change over a 120-year period Salinitro M, Alessandrini A, Zappi A, Tassoni A Sci Rep 01-Jul-2019
PMCID:PMC6603027
doi:10.1038/s41598-019-46005-1
PMID:31263272
Floristic diversity in different urban ecological niches of a southern European city Salinitro M, Alessandrini A, Zappi A, Melucci D, Tassoni A Sci Rep 11-Oct-2018
PMCID:PMC6181971
doi:10.1038/s41598-018-33346-6
PMID:30310125
Seed ecology of the geophyte Conopodium majus (Apiaceae), indicator species of ancient woodland understories and oligotrophic meadows Blandino C, Fernández‐Pascual E, Marin M, Vernet A, Pritchard HW Plant Biol (Stuttg) 08-Aug-2018
PMCID:PMC6492144
doi:10.1111/plb.12872
PMID:29972724
Modelling understorey dynamics in temperate forests under global change–Challenges and perspectives Landuyt D, Perring MP, Seidl R, Taubert F, Verbeeck H, Verheyen K Perspect Plant Ecol Syst 31-Jan-2018
PMCID:PMC5884426
doi:10.1016/j.ppees.2018.01.002
PMID:29628800
BMC Ecology Image Competition 2016: the winning images Simundza J, Palmer M, Settele J, Jacobus LM, Hughes DP, Mazzi D, Blanchet S BMC Ecol 09-Aug-2016
PMCID:PMC4977851
doi:10.1186/s12898-016-0090-z
PMID:27503341
Cryptic diversity in the Antherospora vaillantii complex on Muscari species Piątek M, Lutz M, Chater AO IMA Fungus 04-Apr-2013
PMCID:PMC3719206
doi:10.5598/imafungus.2013.04.01.02
PMID:23898408
Seed development and maturation in early spring-flowering Galanthus nivalis and Narcissus pseudonarcissus continues post-shedding with little evidence of maturation in planta Newton RJ, Hay FR, Ellis RH Ann Bot 10-Mar-2013
PMCID:PMC3631335
doi:10.1093/aob/mct051
PMID:23478943
A new species of Antherospora supports the systematic placement of its host plant Piçtek M, Lutz M, Smith PA, Chater AO IMA Fungus 11-Oct-2011
PMCID:PMC3359811
doi:10.5598/imafungus.2011.02.02.04
PMID:22679598
European Materia Medica in Historical Texts: Longevity of a Tradition and Implications for Future Use De Vos P J Ethnopharmacol 16-Jun-2010
PMCID:PMC2956839
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2010.05.035
PMID:20561577
ContentSnapshots N/A Ann Bot 01-Nov-2008
PMCID:PMC2712394
doi:10.1093/aob/mcn196
Temperature Requirements for Seed Germination and Seedling Development Determine Timing of Seedling Emergence of Three Monocotyledonous Temperate Forest Spring Geophytes Vandelook F, Van Assche JA Ann Bot 30-Aug-2008
PMCID:PMC2712388
doi:10.1093/aob/mcn165
PMID:18757880

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