Hyacinthella is a bulbous genus in the Hyacinthaceae family from Europe and Asia. In this genus, the bulbs look “powdered” with crystals. This genus is related to Muscari and Bellevalia. It has two leaves with prominent fibre strands and loose racemes of tubular or campanulate flowers with dark blue anthers held just within the mouth of the tube. The perianth remains attached to the developing ovary during the fruiting stage (this doesn’t occur in Bellevalia and Muscari).
Hyacinthella dalmatica is distributed in the northwest Balkan peninsula. Photo by Jane McGary
