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Prospero autumnale
A small bulbous geophyte that flowers in late summer and autumn, before its leaves appear, with clusters of lilac-blue star-shaped flowers. Keep it dry while dormant and give it a sunny spot with good drainage.
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 indistinguishable from each other.
Prospero battagliae · Prospero corsicum · Prospero depressum · Prospero elisae · Prospero hierae · Prospero hierapytnense · Prospero idaeum · Prospero minimum · Prospero obtusifolium · Prospero paratethycum · Prospero rhadamanthi · Prospero talosii
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
