Scilla hyacinthoides is a geophyte, native to the Middle East, though it was also brought to France by the Turks. Currently this plant is in the process of domestication as a cut flower in Israel due to its inflorescences.

Scilla hyacinthoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Asparagaceae
Subfamily:	Scilloideae
Genus:	Scilla
Species:	S. hyacinthoides
Binomial name
Scilla hyacinthoides L.

Scilla hyacinthoides is a bulb plant. It flowers in March to April with bluish-purple flowers on 50–80 cm high flowering stalks.

Sources

• The Jerusalem Botanical Gardens site
• Michael Zohary; Naomi Feinbrun-Dothan (1966-1986) Flora Palaestina
• Witztum A.and Negbi M. (1991) Primary xylem of Scilla hyacinthoides (Liliaceae) - the wool-bearing bulb of Theophrastus. Economical Botany 45:97-102