Class
Order
Family
Clump-forming perennial, 15–45 cm high Bulb ± globose, 2–3 cm diam., scales papery, grey-brown. Leaves (15)–30–40–(60) × 0.7–2.5 cm, 5–6 from each bulb, slender at base, broader and flat above, narrowing ± abruptly at tip, margins glabrous. Flowers 1.5–2 cm long, blue, white, or heliotrope, ± campanulate, in few-flowered, ± erect racemes; pedicels curved, usually < flowers; bract and bracteole membranous, of same colour as flower; segments ± connate at base, Stamens inserted at 2 levels on perianth. Capsule c. 1.5 cm long, ovoid to globose.
[From: Healy and Edgar (1980) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 3 as Scilla non-scripta (L.) Hoffmans & Link]