Alpine Squill
Scilla bifolia L.
- light
- —
- water
- —
- tall
- 15 cm
- wide
- —
Asparagaceae
Also called Two-leaf squill, Alpine squill, Two-lead squill
Formerly Adenoscilla bifolia, Adenoscilla unifolia, Anthericum bifolium, Genlisa bifolia, and 22 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Bulbous geophyteKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- N. & W. Europe to W Balkan Pen.Kew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 10 cm to 20 cmRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- White, pink, purple, violet, blueRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: light, spread, water, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Italian
- Scilla silvestre
- German
- Zweiblättriger Blaustern, Blausternchen, Zweiblättrige Meerzwiebel
- French
- Scille à deux feuilles, Scille a 2 feuilles, Scille à 2 feuilles
- Swedish
- Tidig blåstjärna
- Russian
- Пролеска двулистная
- Luxembourgish
- Mäerzblimmchen
- Polish
- Cebulica dwulistna, cebulica dwulistna
- Czech
- ladoňka dvoulistá
- Norwegian Bokmål
- tyrkerblåstjerne
- Finnish
- pikkukevättähti, Pikkusinililja
- Greek
- Σκίλλα η δίφυλλη
- Dutch
- Vroege sterhyacint, vroege sterhyacint
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- 3D model: Scilla bifolia (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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