Common Roman Squill / بصيلة الفار / بُصّيل (متدلي) /

بصيلة الغزال /

Bellevalia flexuosa Boiss.

Edibility and usage

Edibility
Unknown
Blooming period
January to March
Seed collection period
March to April

Description

Perenniality
Perennial
Petal colour
  • Pink
  • White
Leaf type
  • Entire
Life form
  • Geophyte

Scientifc data

Genus
Bellevalia Lapeyr.
Family
Asparagaceae
Wikidata item
Q15502225
GBIF Item
Bellevalia flexuosa Boiss. (2771853)

References

  1. Mashjar Juthour.(2017). Palestinian Wildflower Pocket Guide(English and Arabic)
  2. Bellevalia flexuosa Boiss. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-04-10.
  3. Machaka Houri, N., Houri, A.(2014). Wild Flowers of Lebanon with Special Focus on Key Biodiversity Areas.Beirut:Chemaly & Chemaly.(English and Arabic)
  4. Al Sheikh, B. (2019). Checklist and Ecological Data Base of Wild Plants of the West Bank - Palestine (Arabic).
  5. Post GE. Flora of Syria, Palestine, and Sinai. Рипол Классик; 1932.

Citation

Bellevalia flexuosa Boiss. in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/697 accessed via barari.org on 1/31/2026.

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