Plantae > Tracheophyta > Liliopsida > Asparagales > Asparagaceae > Prospero > Prospero autumnaleProspero autumnale (Autumn Squill)Synonyms: Anthericum autumnale (homotypic); Genlisa autumnalis (homotypic); Hyacinthus autumnalis (homotypic); Ornithogalum autumnale (homotypic); Prospero autumnale var. autumnale; Prospero cyrenaicum; Prospero holzmannium; Prospero pulchellum; Prospero scythicum; Scilla autumnalis (homotypic); Scilla autumnalis f. albiflora; Scilla autumnalis f. dumetorum; Scilla autumnalis latifolia; Scilla autumnalis purpurascens; Scilla autumnalis var. autumnalis; Scilla autumnalis var. cyrenaica; Scilla autumnalis var. gallica; Scilla autumnalis var. gracillima; Scilla autumnalis var. longipes; Scilla autumnalis var. pulchella; Scilla autumnalis var. racemosa; Scilla cyrenaica; Scilla dumetorum (homotypic); Scilla gallica; Scilla holzmannia; Scilla longipes; Scilla pulchella; Scilla racemosa (homotypic); Scilla scythica; Stellaris autumnalis (homotypic); Urginea autumnalis (homotypic) Prospero autumnale, the autumn squill, an autumnal flowering plant of the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae, is found in the Mediterranean region from Portugal and Morocco east to Turkey and the Caucasus, plus Great Britain. Despite being classified as a single species, it is actually a cryptic species complex, with a variety of cytotypes having been discovered which are phenotypically indisguishable from each other. |
| Height [1] | 8 inches (.2 m) |  | | Dispersal Mode [3] | Autochory | | Lifespan [1] | Perennial | | Structure [4] | Herb | | | Light Preference [2] | Full Sun | | Soil Acidity [2] | Moderate Acid | | Soil Fertility [2] | Infertile | | Soil Moisture [2] | Mostly Dry |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1PLANTATT - Attributes of British and Irish Plants: Status, Size, Life History, Geography and Habitats, M. O. Hill, C. D. Preston & D. B. Roy, Biological Records Centre, NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (2004) ♦ 2ECOFACT 2a Technical Annex - Ellenberg’s indicator values for British Plants, M O Hill, J O Mountford, D B Roy & R G H Bunce (1999) ♦ 3Paula S, Arianoutsou M, Kazanis D, Tavsanoglu Ç, Lloret F, Buhk C, Ojeda F, Luna B, Moreno JM, Rodrigo A, Espelta JM, Palacio S, Fernández-Santos B, Fernandes PM, and Pausas JG. 2009. Fire-related traits for plant species of the Mediterranean Basin. Ecology 90: 1420. Paula S. & Pausas J.G. 2013. BROT: a plant trait database for Mediterranean Basin species. Version 2013.06. ♦ 4Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935 |
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
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