Puschkinia [SEP] parent taxon
Puschkinia
Puschkinia is a genus of three known species of bulbous perennials in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae. It is native to the Caucasus and the Middle East. "Puschkinia scilloides" is grown as an ornamental bulbous plant.
Description.
The leaves are green, strap-like, and grow in pairs. The flowers are borne in early spring in racemes up to about high. The six tepals are joined at the base to form a tube to about half their length. Like members of the genus "
Puschkinia peshmenii
Puschkinia peshmenii is a bulbous perennial from Turkey and Iran, producing flowers in shades of green in spring.
Description.
"Puschkinia peshmenii" grows from a bulb about across. Each bulb produces one or two linear green leaves, up to long and wide. The flowers are produced in a fairly open raceme (spike), with usually four to nine flowers, but occasionally as few as two. At flowering time the raceme is either the same length as the leaves or less. Individual flowers are