The Hyacinthus orientalis is a grass-like plant in the Asparagaceae family and Scillodiae sub-family.
Hyacinthus orientalis, the common hyacinth, garden hyacinth or Dutch hyacinth, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloidiae, native to southwestern Asia, southern and central Turkey, northwestern Syria, Lebanon and northern Israel. 
It is a bulbous plant, with a 37 cm diameter bulb. The leaves are strap-shaped, 1535 cm long and 13 cm broad, with a soft, succulent texture, and produced in a basal whorl. The flowering stem is a raceme, which grows to 2035 cm (rarely to 45 cm) tall, bearing 250 fragrant purple flowers 23.5 cm long with a tubular, six-lobed perianth. 
