Scilla flowers pictures.

Former species

• Scilla autumnalis – Autumn Squill: see Prospero autumnale
• Scilla maritima – Sea Squill: see Drimia maritima
• Scilla nutans – Common Bluebell: see Hyacinthoides non-scripta
• Scilla siehei – Glory-of-the-snow: see Chionodoxa siehei

[edit]Scilla peruviana

Scilla peruviana is of interest for its name; it is a native of southwest Europe, not of Peru. When Carolus Linnaeus described the species in 1753, he was given specimens imported from Spain aboard a shipnamed Peru, and was misled into thinking the specimens had come from that country. The rules of botanical naming do not allow a scientific name to be changed merely because it is potentially confusing.

[edit]Cultivation and uses

Many species, notably S. siberica, are grown in gardens for their attractive early spring flowers.

Squill liquid extract, a preparation of powdered squill bulbs extracted in ethanol, is an expectorant used in traditional cough medicines such as Gee′s Linctus^[6] and Buttercup Syrup.^{[7] This article is from Wikipedia.}