Description
An early-flowering Bellevalia found in Cyprus, Syria and Lebanon. In bud, the flowers in the compact flower cluster are purple, when opening they become lighter in colour, almost white. The flower spike also lengthens during flowering.
BELONGS TO THE FAMILY OF HYACINTHACEAE
The genus Bellevalia, of which about sixty species are known, differs from the genus Muscari in the following characteristics: the flowers are clearly open at the end and are tubular or funnel-shaped.
The anthers reach to the opening of the flowers, thus: not protruding. The species occur from France, Turkey, and Israel to Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.
