Stewart Robert Hinsley23/3/04 6:45
@meden .demon.co.uk

In article , Sacha
writes
papa23/3/04 2:38

Brain is dead today and cannot remember...

Whats the botanical name for the common British bluebell? And anyone
does the spanish bluebell have a different name?

Hyacinthoides hispanica is the Spanish bluebell. This slightly surprised me
when I checked my own memory with the RHS encyclopedia because they're also
grouped under Scillas, which is what I usually think of. And to confuse me
further, they belong to the lily family. ;-)

Under the new classifications they're in Hyacinthaceae (hyacinths,
squills and allies); the old Liliaceae is now spread across two orders
(Liliales and Asparagales).

The common bluebell is Hyacinthoides non-scripta. Both species are
sometimes placed in Endymion or Scilla.

I think you should have posted two aspirin with that. But thank you. ;-)
I was looking at an older copy of the RHS encyclopaedia, the newer one being
outside so presumably I'd have been corrected if I'd looked at the current
copy.
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