Brimeura amethystina

Brimeura amethystina, the amethyst hyacinth, is a flowering plant of the asparagus family Asparagaceae, native to the Northern Pyrenees and north east Spain. The record from the Kapela mountain (Croatia) by Reichenbach (1830) is probably a confusion with some Hyacinthella taxon growing in the Balkan area.[2]

Brimeura amethystina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Scilloideae
Genus: Brimeura
Species:
B. amethystina
Binomial name
Brimeura amethystina
(L.) Chouard.[1]

The amethyst hyacinth, a small bulbous herbaceous perennial to 20 cm (7.9 in), it has narrow grass-like leaves, and widely-spaced bell flowers in shades of pale blue, dark blue or violet in Spring. There is also a white cultivar ‘Alba’. It was formerly placed in the hyacinth genus Hyacinthus.

The Latin specific epithet amethystina means “violet coloured”.[3]

In cultivation in the UK this plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit.[4]

References
  1. "The Plant List - Brimeura amethystina". Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  2. Rubim M. Almeida da Silva, Llorenq Saez, Josep A. Rossello. Taxonomy of the genus Brimeura (Hyacinthaceae) – Folia Geobotanica 36: 193-208, 2001
  3. Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 184533731X.
  4. "RHS Plantfinder - Brimeura amethystina". Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  • Flowers
  • Fruits
  • ’Alba’ cultivar
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