Species
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Scilla mischtschenkoana Grossh.

Mishchenko squill, early squill, white squill

No habitat climate 56 photographs

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Summary

Scilla mischtschenkoana, the Mishchenko or Misczenko squill, early squill or white squill, is a perennial plant that is native to the South Caucasus and northern Iran.

Text from Wikipedia, “Scilla mischtschenkoana”, CC BY-SA 4.0, quoted as written. Kept separate from everything derived here.

About the genus · Scilla

Scilla is a genus of about 30 to 80 species of bulb-forming perennial herbaceous plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae. Sometimes called the squills in English, they are native to woodlands, subalpine meadows, and seashores throughout Europe, Africa and the Middle East. A few species are also naturalized in Australasia and North America. More on Wikipedia ›

The opening of Wikipedia, “Scilla”, CC BY-SA 4.0, quoted as written.

Family
Asparagaceae
Described by
Grossh.
Native to
Transcaucasus, Iran
Wild records
none in range

Also known as Othocallis mischtschenkoana (Grossh.) Speta; Scilla diziensis Grossh.; Scilla grossheimii Sosn.; Scilla tubergeniana Hoog & Stearn; Scilla zangezura Grossh.

Cultivation

Nothing derived: no habitat climate for this species, and the archetype table has no figure for its genus or family.

Climate across the habitat

No habitat climate can be derived: No georeferenced record inside the range.

Natural habitat

Native range as published by WCVP.
No openly licensed record to show inside the range.
NativeTranscaucasus, Iran· introduced: Austria, Germany
Kew's description“bulbous geophyte” · “temperate”· quoted from WCVP, RBG Kew (CC BY 4.0); not derived here
Evidence usedNo georeferenced records inside the stated native range.

Photographs

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Photographs: no rights reserved · CC0 (3); (c) Igor Balashov, some rights reserved (CC BY) (2); (c) Emma Hans, some rights reserved (CC BY) (3).

Photographs: iNaturalist did not answer when this page was built; what is shown came from the sources that did.

Papers naming this species

Works whose title or abstract names Scilla mischtschenkoana, most cited first, from OpenAlex (CC0). A mention, not a cultivation source: nothing on this page is drawn from them.

Protection of some rare and endangered vegetable plants in the flora of the Nakhichevan AR
Sayyara İbadullayeva, Nuri V. Movsumova, H. Gasymov, T. Mamedli (2011) · International Journal of Biodiversity and Conservation
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GBIF.org User (2026) · Global Biodiversity Information Facility
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GBIF.org User (2026) · Global Biodiversity Information Facility
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GBIF.org User (2026) · Global Biodiversity Information Facility
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GBIF.org User (2026) · Global Biodiversity Information Facility
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GBIF.org User (2026) · Global Biodiversity Information Facility
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GBIF.org User (2026) · Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Scilla mischtschenkoana Grossh.
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (2026) · DiSSCo

Other Scilla 84 in the reference

History & registers

Where this page came from built 2026-09-20 · dossier v2 · node
gbif.species answeredcarried from build of 2026-09-19 (offline re-derivation; the backbone was not asked)
gbif.synonyms answeredcarried from build of 2026-09-19 (offline re-derivation; the backbone was not asked)
gbif.vernacular answeredcarried from build of 2026-09-19 (offline re-derivation; the backbone was not asked)
wcvp.distribution answered
gbif.occurrences answeredGBIF occurrence download https://doi.org/10.15468/dl.3h4zam
climate nothing to report
wikidata answeredcarried from build of 2026-09-19 (rederive); that build: carried from build of 2026-09-19 (rederive)
wikipedia answeredcarried from build of 2026-09-19; this build: skipped
inat.taxon not asked
inat.photos.wild answeredcarried from build of 2026-09-19; this build: skipped
inat.photos.cultivated nothing to reportcarried from build of 2026-09-19 (rederive); that build: carried from build of 2026-09-19 (rederive)
commons nothing to reportcarried from build of 2026-09-19 (rederive); that build: carried from build of 2026-09-19 (rederive)
gbif.media answered
openalex answeredcarried from build of 2026-09-19; this build: skipped

Every upstream is recorded as having answered, reported nothing, or refused. Only “nothing to report” is ever shown as an absence. Records came from 21 datasets via GBIF.org; each carries its own licence.