Puschkinia is a small genus in the Hyacinthaceae family related to Scilla and Chionodoxa. It has a small cup surrounding the style and stamens and the six segments are joined into a short tube.
Puschkinia scilloides is native of alpine meadows in eastern Turkey, the Caucasus, Iran, and Lebanon. Growing to about 10-15 cm, it has bright pale blue flowers with a darker blue line along the center of each segment. Photos by John Lonsdale of two cultivars, 'Aragat's Gem', a form collected on Mount Aragats with bigger flowers that multiplies well, and 'Zangezur', a form collected in Azerbaijan with large flowers in a dense raceme.
