Ledebouria socialis

Ledebouria socialis, the silver squill, wood hyacinth, or leopard lily, is a geophytic species of bulbous perennial plant native to the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa.^[1] It was first described by John Gilbert Baker as Scilla socialis in 1870.^[2] John Peter Jessop later revised the genus Scilla and split off several species, reclassifying Scilla socialis into the genus Ledebouria in 1970.^[3] It is often cultivated and grows well with minimal care.^[4]

Ledebouria socialis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Asparagaceae
Subfamily:	Scilloideae
Genus:	Ledebouria
Species:	L. socialis
Binomial name
Ledebouria socialis (Baker) Jessop
Synonyms
Scilla socialis Baker Scilla violacea Hutch.

Etymology

Ledebouria is named for Carl Friedrich von Ledebour (1785–1851),^[5] a botanist who published, among other things, the first complete Russian flora.^[6]

Socialis means 'growing in pure stands', 'dominant', or 'growing in colonies'.^[5]