Common name
English: Lucile's Glory-of-the-snow
German: Gewöhnliche Sternhyazinthe
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Liliopsida (397)
Order: Asparagales (46)
Family: Asparagaceae (34)(family description)
Genus: Scilla (6)
Epithet: luciliae (Boiss.) Speta (1)
Synonyms: Chionodoxa gigantea Whittall, Chionodoxa grandiflora Wore ex Wilks & Weather, Chionodoxa luciliae Boiss.
gigantea => gigantic, unusually higher than the type
grandiflora => with flowers larger than the normal
luciliae => honors Lucile Boissier (1822-1849), wife of Swiss Botanist Pierre Edmond Bossier (1810-1885)
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habit: herb
Flower colour: blue, white