Barnardia numidica is from North Africa
Jane McGary via pbs (Wed, 14 Oct 2020 18:37:44 PDT)

For some reason, back in the dim past Barnardia (Scilla) japonica began
to circulate under the name Scilla numidica. There is a plant of the
latter name, but I've been told that it is very rare and possibly not in
cultivation. I think that unless a plant in cultivation has very firm
provenance from North Africa (Numidia was in the Berber territory 'west
and south of Carthage', according to OCD), it's actually B. japonica.
This frequently cultivated species bears pink flowers in autumn and
tolerates a wide range of garden conditions.

Jane McGary, Portland, Oregon, USA

On 10/14/2020 2:58 PM, Rimmer de Vries wrote:

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