View source for Scilla lochiae

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
{{Speciesbox
|image =
|status = NT
|status_system = IUCN3.1
|status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{Cite iucn |title=''Scilla lochiae'' |author=Andreou, M., Papachristophorou, T.Th. & Christodoulou, C.S. |name-list-style=amp |page= e.T195496A72769558 |date=2017 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T195496A72769558.en |access-date=23 January 2024}}</ref>
|parent = Scilla sect. Chionodoxa
|taxon = Scilla lochiae
|authority = (Meikle) Speta<ref name=WCSP_288813/>
|synonyms =
{{Species list
|Chionodoxa lochiae|Meikle
}}
|synonyms_ref = <ref name=WCSP_288813/>
}}
'''''Scilla lochiae''''', known as '''Loch's glory-of-the-snow''', is a [[bulb]]ous [[perennial plant|perennial]] from [[Cyprus]] flowering in early spring. After flowering, it goes into [[ephemeral plant|dormancy]] until the next spring. It was named after Lady Loch who collected it.<ref name=Mathew8726>{{Harvnb|Mathew|1987|p=26}}</ref> It belongs to a group of ''[[Scilla]]'' species that were formerly{{when|date=April 2023}} put in a separate genus, ''Chionodoxa'', which may now{{when|date=April 2023}} be treated as [[Scilla sect. Chionodoxa|''Scilla'' sect. ''Chionodoxa'']].{{sfnp|ps=none|Yildirim|Yetisen|Özdemir|Özdemir|2017}}
Like all former ''Chionodoxa'' species, the bases of the [[stamen]]s are flattened and closely clustered in the middle of the flower. In other species of ''Scilla'', the stamens are not flattened or clustered together.<ref name=Mathew8725>{{Harvnb|Mathew|1987|p=25}}</ref>
''S. lochiae'' is an endemic of the [[Troodos Mountains]] of Cyprus, where it flowers during March and April in moist organic soils in pine forests at higher elevations. Found only in a small area, it is strictly protected under the Berne Convention.<ref>{{Citation |title=Chionodoxa lochiae - Χιονόδοξα η λοχεία |url=http://agioi-anargyroi.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=107:chionodoxa-lochiae&catid=43:2008-11-13-20-29-07&Itemid=83 |accessdate=6 April 2010 }}{{dead link|date=March 2020}}</ref>
It has relatively few flowers in a [[raceme]], each about 2.5&nbsp;cm in diameter. The flowers are bright blue, without white at the base of the [[tepal]]s, as most other former ''Chionodoxa'' species have, although the stamen bases are white. Photographs taken in the wild show the flowers nodding rather than upright.<ref name="Mathew8726"/><ref>{{Citation |title=Chionodoxa lochiae |url=http://www.bulbsociety.org/GALLERY_OF_THE_WORLDS_BULBS/GRAPHICS/Chionodoxa/Chionodoxa_lochiae/Chionodoxa%20lochiae.html |accessdate=6 April 2010 |archive-date=28 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928155211/http://www.bulbsociety.org/GALLERY_OF_THE_WORLDS_BULBS/GRAPHICS/Chionodoxa/Chionodoxa_lochiae/Chionodoxa%20lochiae.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==See also==
*[[List of Scilla species]]
==Notes and references==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=WCSP_288813>{{WCSP |288645 |''Scilla lochiae'' |mode=cs2 |accessdate=2020-03-17 }}</ref>
}}
==Bibliography==
* {{Citation |last=Dashwood |first=Melanie |last2=Mathew |first2=Brian |year=2005 |title=Hyacinthaceae – little blue bulbs (RHS Plant Trials and Awards, Bulletin Number 11) |publisher=Royal Horticultural Society |url=http://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/PDFs/Plant-trials-and-awards/Plant-bulletins/hyacinthaceae |accessdate=28 August 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150828121015/https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/PDFs/Plant-trials-and-awards/Plant-bulletins/hyacinthaceae |archivedate=28 August 2015 |name-list-style=amp }}
* {{Citation |last=Mathew |first=Brian |year=1987 |title=The Smaller Bulbs |publication-place=London |publisher=B T Batsford|isbn=978-0-7134-4922-8 }}
* {{Citation |last1=Yildirim |first1=H. |last2=Yetisen |first2=K. |last3=Özdemir |first3=A. |last4=Özdemir |first4=C. |date=2017 |title=An Anatomical Study of ''Scilla'' (Scilloideae) Section ''Chionodoxa'' and ''Scilla bifolia'' in Turkey |journal=Planta Daninha |volume=35 |page=e017162495 |url=http://www.scielo.br/pdf/pd/v35/0100-8358-pd-35-017162495.pdf |accessdate=2020-03-16 |doi=10.1590/s0100-83582017350100004 |name-list-style=amp |doi-access=free }}
{{Taxonbar|from1=Q15504162|from2=Q245941}}
[[Category:Scilla|lochiae]]
[[Category:Endemic flora of Cyprus]]
[[Category:Ephemeral plants]]