Chionodoxa 'Pink Giant'

과명	Liliaceae (백합과)	속명	Chionodoxa (키오노독사속)
전체학명	[정명] Chionodoxa 'Pink Giant'	추천명	키오노독사 '핑크 자이언트'
이명		외국명	Chionodoxa 'Pink Giant'

추천명변경: 치오노독사 '핑크 자이언트' -> 키오노독사 '핑크 자이언트'

Scilla luciliae is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae. It is referred to by the common names Bossier's glory-of-the-snow or Lucile's glory-of-the-snow, and is a bulbous perennial from western Turkey that flowers in early spring. After flowering, it goes into dormancy until the next spring. The specific epithet is in honour of Lucile, the wife of the Swiss botanist Pierre Edmond Boissier (1810-1885). It belongs to a group of Scilla species that were formerly put in a separate genus, Chionodoxa, and may now be treated as Scilla sect. Chionodoxa.

It is a low-maintenance naturalizer that can grow in zones 3 to 8. It's blossom has a white center with lilac blues petals. Like all members of the former genus Chionodoxa, the bases of the stamens are flattened and closely clustered in the middle of the flower.

In other species of Scilla, the stamens are not flattened or clustered together.

Each bulb produces two leaves, up to 8 cm long and 2 cm wide, and at most one flowering stem, up to 10 cm long. The flowers are produced in a loose pyramidal raceme, with 2–3 flowers per stem, which face upwards. Each flower is up to 3.5 cm across. The base of each tepal is white (as are the stamen filaments), producing a white 'eye'. The outer part of the tepals is violet-blue. The species can be distinguished from the commonest species grown in gardens, S. forbesii, by the much smaller number of slightly larger flowers per stem.

It is a spring ephemeral as it disappears after blooming until the following spring, according to the Missouri Botanical Garden (MBG).

Scilla luciliae 'Pink Giant'