Grundmann also name it as Hyacinthoides flahaultiana but it seems very confused.
I refer to Speta which is less a "splitter", given the DNA is the same.
Uh oh, Speta less a splitter ? What about
Scilla bifolia complex in eastern Europe ? But this is not the subject
Grundmann et al. differenciate
H. flahaultiana from
H. mauritanica :
flahaultiana from southern Morocco,
mauritanica from northern Morocco and southern Portugal. They separate
flahaultiana on the basis of morphology, DNA, distribution and ecology. But indeed,
flahaultiana, after beeing described by Emberger, has been mixed/lumped with
mauritanica by Maire. Distinction is not easy as it is not easy to distinguish some
Scilla from some
Hyacinthoides and
H. mauritanica and
H. italica have long been synonimized. But distribution is quite different. So, if your plant comes from southern Morocco, this is
flahaultiana, if it comes from Portugal or northern Morocco, this is
mauritanica.
