Hyacinthoides hispanica

2. H. hispanica (Miller) Rothm., loc. cit. (1944)

( Scilla hispanica Miller , Endymion patulus Dumort. , E. campanulatus Willk. ).

Leaves 4-8, 20-50 cm x 10-35 mm, linear-lanceolate to lanceolate, as long as or slightly shorter than scape. Racemes 4- to 16-flowered, more or less lax, not or only slightly unilateral, erect. Perianth campanulate, the segments semi-patent, blue, not recurved at apex. Stamens all equal, inserted at middle of perianth; anthers blue. 2« =16, 24. Shady places and cultivated ground. W. half of Iberian peninsula; naturalized from gardens elsewhere in S. & W. Europe. Hs Lu [Br Ga Hb It Ju],

Hybrids between 1 and 2 are frequent, not only in those parts of the Iberian peninsula where they are sympatric, but also in England, Holland, and perhaps elsewhere in N.W. Europe, where 2 is only cultivated or naturalized.