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Stellaster
Scilla (/ˈsɪlə/; Squill) is a genus of about 50 to 80 bulb-forming perennial herbs in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae, native to woodlands, subalpine meadows, and seashores throughout Europe, Africa and the Middle-East. A few species are also naturalized in Australia, New Zealand and North America. Their flowers are usually blue, but white, pink, and purple types are known; most flower in early spring, but a few are autumn-flowering.
6 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Galloping Sea Star
speciesStellaster childreni
Apricot Biscuit Star
speciesStellaster inspinosus
Stellaster princeps
speciesStellaster princeps
Stellaster squamulosus
speciesStellaster squamulosus
Stellaster convexus
speciesStellaster convexus
Stellaster tuberculosus
speciesStellaster tuberculosus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 247124.