Siberian squill
Scilla siberica Andrews
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 30 cm
- wide
- 10 cm
Asparagaceae
Formerly Othocallis siberica
When it flowers
JFMAMJJASOND
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNo pet-safety information yet
PeopleNC State Extension lists it as very poisonous (flowers, fruits, leaves, roots, sap, stems) (25 Oct 2026)
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
- Krym to NW. IranKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension and RHS, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources
- Height
- 10 cm to 51 cmRead from RHS, one source
- Spread
- 10 cmRead from RHS, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from RHS, one source
- Flowers
- BlueRead from RHS, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -20 °C (USDA zone 6b)Read from RHS, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (9)
- Czech
- ladoňka sibiřská
- German
- Sibirischer Blaustern
- Finnish
- idänsinililja
- French
- scille de sibérie, Scille de Sibérie
- Lithuanian
- Sibirinė scylė
- Dutch
- oosterse sterhyacint, Oosterse sterhyacint
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Russeblåstjerne
- Polish
- cebulica syberyjska
- Chinese
- 西伯利亚绵枣儿
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- RHS, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Scilla siberica (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.