Question: Every spring we love to see what we call the purple haze emerge. Can you help me identify this beautiful …
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Question
Every spring we love to see what we call the purple haze emerge. Can you help me identify this beautiful little plant found in my New Haven, CT backyard? It covers my neighbor’s hill and each of my 19 years in this house has spread incrementally further across my yard.
Answer
Dear Rarnedt, the plant you've photographed looks like Scilla luciliae (synonym: Chionodoxa luciliae), called Lucile's glory-of-the-snow. This is a member of the Hyacinthaceae. It is an early spring-flowering species.
