LILIES - RHS Lily Group

Two of the many different forms of Tulipa biebersteiniana found in Shakinskaya
Dubrava (see p. 120).
Hyacinthella leucaphaea (C. Koch) Schur.
Perennial. Stony and steppe slopes, ravines. Very seldom (Sagalaev, 2000). Fl. IV-V. In
the territory of the Park this species has not been found, but really occurs somewhat to
the north, at Urjupinsky district of Volgograd region near khutor Bespalovsky, and in
Saratov region.
Muscari neglectum Guss. (M. racemosum auct.).
Perennial. Very rare plant in the territory of the Park, known only from Shakinskaya
Dubrava, where it was once collected (“khutor Shakin, 4 V 1976, anonym (VOLG)”
(Kuvaldina, 1982). Meadow-steppe plants. Fl. IV-V. Included in the Red Data Book of
Volgograd region (2005).
Ornithogallum fischeri Krash.
Perennial. Open plain steppe, slopes of steppe ravines, dry meadows. Edge of woodssteppe
plants. Fl. V-VI. Until now it has not been found in the Park yet, but occurs
seldom to the south-east, at Sholokhovsky district of Rostov region (Fedyaeva, 2004)
and in other districts of theVolgograd region. It is distinguished from O. kochii by its
elongated inflorescence and larger flowers, the seed pods being 3-angled (not 6-angled
as in O. kochii).
O. kochii Parl.
Perennial. Slopes of steppe ravines, in glades and on the edges of wood; not seldom.
Edge of wood-steppe plants. This species was first identified in this territory by A.K.
Skvortsov (1971). It was discovered in Shakinskaya Dubrava and published under the
name Ornithogalum gussonei. For a long time it was considered a very rare species for
the Lower Khoper area, but latest field research clarified that it occurs in many places
throughout the Park on chalk and steppe slopes and edges of upland forests (near
khutor Podok, stanitsas Bukanovskaya and Slaschevskaya of Kumilzhensky district;
khutor Shubinsky of Alexeevsky district and others). Fl. IV-V.
Scilla sibirica Haw.
Perennial. Upland woods, shrubby thickets of steppe ravines, in alder forests, under
canopy of trees, in glades; frequently. In spring it makes carpets of blue in Shakinskaya
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