Horticulture/Hyacinthoides

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Bluebells
Genus:	Hyacinthoides
Family:	Hyacinthaceae
Type:	Perennial bulbs
Pollination:	Insects

Hyacinthoides is a genus of the Hyacinthaceae (formerly Liliaceae) family. Its contains three species. The genus is included within Scilla by some botanists.

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• Hyacinthoides hispanica - Spanish Bluebell. Southwest Europe (central and western Spain, Portugal).
• Hyacinthoides italica - Italian Bluebell. South central Europe (northern Italy west to northeastern Spain).
• Hyacinthoides non-scripta - Common Bluebell. Northwest Europe (western and northern France, Belgium, Netherlands, Britain, Ireland).
• Hybrids between H. hispanica and H. non-scripta are named Hyacinthoides × massartiana.

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Rusts

• Uromyces muscari

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• Flora Europaea: Hyacinthoides
• University of Washington