Spanish bluebell

Scilla hispanica Miller, Gard. Dict. ed. 8, Scilla no. 8. 1768; Endymion hispanicus (Miller) Chouard; Hyacinthoides non-scripta (Linnaeus) Chouard subsp. hispanica (Miller) Kerguélen

Plants 20–40 cm; bulb 1–2 mm diam. Leaves 4–8; blade linear-lanceolate to lanceolate, 20–50 cm × 10–35 mm. Racemes 6–8-flowered, not 1-sided, apex not drooping. Flowers erect in bud, at least distal ones remaining so, not fragrant; perianth campanulate; tepals spreading, not reflexed distally, blue, oblong-lanceolate, 1.5–2 cm; stamens equal, inserted below middle of perianth; anthers blue; pedicel 4–10 mm, ± equaling perianth. 2n = 16, 24.

Flowering late spring. Escaped from gardens; 0--1000 m; introduced; Va.; sw Europe, nw North Africa.