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Hyacinthus orientalis (garden hyacinth)

Synonyms: Scilla coronaria

Wikipedia Abstract

Hyacinthus orientalis (common hyacinth, garden hyacinth or Dutch hyacinth), is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant, native to southwestern Asia, southern and central Turkey, northwestern Syria, Lebanon and northern Israel. It was introduced to Europe in the 16th century. It is widely cultivated everywhere in the temperate world for its strongly fragrant flowers which appear exceptionally early in the season, and frequently forced to flower at Christmas time.
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Infraspecies

Hyacinthus orientalis chionophilus
Hyacinthus orientalis orientalis

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-Low
Flower Type [2]  Hermaphrodite
Hazards [2]  Poisonous, the sap can cause dermatitis; The toxins are concentrated in the bulb;
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Pollinators [2]  Bees
Scent [2]  The flowers have a strong sweet fragrance that can fill the air for a considerable distance.
Structure [2]  Bulb
Usage [2]  An essential oil obtained from the flowers is used in perfumery; 1kg of the oil is obtained from 6,000kg of flowers; A blue dye is obtained from the flowers;
Height [2]  12 inches (0.3 m)
Width [2]  3.937 inches (0.1 m)
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Protected Areas

Predators

Alternaria hyacinthi[3]
Aulacorthum solani (Foxglove aphid)[3]
Merodon equestris (narcissus bulb fly)[3]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0