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Brimeura amethystina

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Species of flowering plant

Brimeura amethystina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Scilloideae
Genus: Brimeura
Species: B. amethystina
Binomial name
Brimeura amethystina
(L.) Chouard.

Brimeura amethystina, the amethyst hyacinth, is a flowering plant of the asparagus family Asparagaceae, native to the Northern Pyrenees and north east Spain. The record from the Kapela mountain (Croatia) by Reichenbach (1830) is probably a confusion with some Hyacinthella taxon growing in the Balkan area.

The amethyst hyacinth, a small bulbous herbaceous perennial to 20 cm (7.9 in), it has narrow grass-like leaves, and widely-spaced bell flowers in shades of pale blue, dark blue or violet in Spring. There is also a white cultivar 'Alba'. It was formerly placed in the hyacinth genus Hyacinthus.

The Latin specific epithet amethystina means "violet coloured".

In cultivation in the UK this plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

References

  1. "The Plant List - Brimeura amethystina". Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  2. Rubim M. Almeida da Silva, Llorenq Saez, Josep A. Rossello. Taxonomy of the genus Brimeura (Hyacinthaceae) – Folia Geobotanica 36: 193-208, 2001
  3. Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 184533731X.
  4. "RHS Plantfinder - Brimeura amethystina". Retrieved 12 January 2018.

Gallery

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  • Fruits Fruits
  • ’Alba’ cultivar ’Alba’ cultivar
Taxon identifiers
Brimeura amethystina
Hyacinthus amethystinus
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