Common name
English: Portuguese Squill
German: Peruanischer Blaustern
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2597)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2494)
Class: Liliopsida (387)
Order: Asparagales (42)
Family: Asparagaceae (31)(family description)
Genus: Scilla (6)
Epithet: peruviana L. (3)
Synonym: Caloscilla clusii Jord. & Fourr.
clusii => in honor of Charles de l’Écluse (Carolus Clusius) (1526–1609), Flemish doctor and pioneering botanist
peruviana => of Peruvian origin
Characteristics
Climate: sub-tropical
Habit: herb
Flower colour: blue