Brimeura amethystina, the amethyst hyacinth, is a flowering plant of the asparagus family Asparagaceae, native to the Northern Pyrenees and north east Spain. The record from the Kapela mountain (Croatia) by Reichenbach (1830) is probably a confusion with some Hyacinthella taxon growing in the Balkan area.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Scilloideae |
| Genus: | Brimeura |
| Species: | B. amethystina
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The amethyst hyacinth, a small bulbous herbaceous perennial to 20 cm (7.9 in), it has narrow grass-like leaves, and widely-spaced bell flowers in shades of pale blue, dark blue or violet in Spring. There is also a white cultivar 'Alba'. It was formerly placed in the hyacinth genus Hyacinthus.
The Latin specific epithet amethystina means "violet coloured".[3]
In cultivation in the UK this plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[4]
References
edit- ^ "The Plant List - Brimeura amethystina". Retrieved 23 January 2018.
- ^ Rubim M. Almeida da Silva, Llorenq Saez, Josep A. Rossello. Taxonomy of the genus Brimeura (Hyacinthaceae) – Folia Geobotanica 36: 193-208, 2001
- ^ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 184533731X.
- ^ "RHS Plantfinder - Brimeura amethystina". Retrieved 12 January 2018.
Gallery
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