Puschkinia scilloides Adams

Perennial herb from a tunicate bulb. Leaves 2, linear. Inflorescence to about 20 cm. Flowers 4-10, spreading but not widely open, basally fused, to 1 cm long; spring. Tepals ice-blue with darker stripes. Fruit fleshy. Seeds fleshy, yellow.

Asia Minor and the Middle East

Source: Forster, P. (2005). Ledebouria. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 5. Flowering plants. Monocotyledons. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.

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kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Lilianae
order      Asparagales
family       Asparagaceae
genus        Puschkinia Adams