Hyacinthoides

Description

Hyacinthoides-is classified in the subfamily-Scilloideae-(now part of the family Asparagaceae, but formerly treated as a separate family, called Hyacinthaceae), alongside genera such as-Scilla,-Chionodoxa-and-Ornithogalum.-Hyacinthoides-is differentiated from these other genera by the presence of two-bracts-at the base of each flower, rather than one bract per flower or no bracts in the other genera.