Pale blue flowers,
˝ inches long, are borne in a terminal raceme
at the end of the flowering stalk. Individual
flowers are bell-shaped and have a dark blue
stripe running down the center of the petal.
Early spring
The glossy basal
foliage is composed of 2-4 linear
strap-shaped leaves, ˝ inches wide and 6
inches long.
The genera Scilla,
Chionodoxa and Puschkinia are closely related. The
botanical difference that separates Puschkinia
from the other genera is that the flower
filaments are united into a cuplike crown or
corona.
Puschkinia is named for the Russian
Count Apollos Apollosvich Mussin-Puschkin. The
specific epithet, scilloides, is from Scilla,
indicating “like Scilla.”
