yellow squills in Passenger to Teheran
Russell Stafford, Odyssey Bulbs (Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:49:49 PST)

Several sternbergias are winter- and spring-blooming, and one -- S.
fischeriana -- is native to that region.

Russell

At 01:41 PM 3/5/2010, you wrote:

Thanks for the suggestions, Leo.

Chlidanthus is neotropical so we can rule that out.

Sternbergia is autumn blooming; the passage in question seems to be
describing late-winter flowers (Iris persica was in bloom at the same time).

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