Prospero autumnale (L.) Speta (syn. Scilla autumnalis L.)

Taxonomy: Fam. Asparagaceae// Genus: Prospero// Species: Prospero autumnale (L.) Speta.

The classification is given according to The Euro+Med Planbase (Raab-Straube, 2022+).

Determined according to the botanical key provided by McNeill (1980 in Tutin et al.) as Scilla autumnalis L. The accepted name in The Euro+Med Planbase (source: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, 2010) is Prospero autumnale (L.) Speta.

Lifeform: Perennial plant. Geophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native from West Europe to Caucasus and the Mediterranean according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitatat: Open dry terrains- hill pastures, rocky terrains, clearings and edges of forests.

Flowering period: Late summer – autumn: AUG, SEP, OCT (- NOV).

Locality: ridge between Lake Gradche and the Orizarska River. Date: 19.09.2021.

*Prospero autumnale* – habit in habitat. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 19.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

Locality: gorge of the Kochanska River. Date: 28.08.2020.

*Prospero autumnale* – habit in habitat. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 28.08.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

Locality: gorge of the Kochanska River. Date: 07.11.2020.

*Prospero autumnale* – inflorescence. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 07.11.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

McNeill, J. 1980. Scilla L. In Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. (eds.), Flora Europaea. Volume 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 41–43.

Prospero autumnale (L.) Speta. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:961855-1 [Accessed 25.02.2022].

Prospero autumnale. Raab-Straube, E. von 2022+: Asparagaceae. – In: Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published at https://europlusmed.org/. https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/ae0a2487-5b87-4cf4-a19b-fe5f15bab45e [Accessed 28.03.2026].

Prospero autumnale. The Euro+Med Planbase. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameId=44111&PTRefFk=8000000 [Accessed 25.02.2022].

Last update: 28.03.2026.

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