Origin and Habitat: It is native to South Africa (Cape of Good Hope)

• Scilla pauciflora Link ex Schult.f.

• Ledebouria socialis (Baker) Jessop
• Scilla socialis Baker
• Ledebouria paucifolia (Baker) hort., nov. comb. ined.
• Scilla paucifolia Baker
• Ledebouria violacea (Hutch.) Tjaden
• Scilla violacea Hutch.
• Scilla pauciflora Link ex Schult.f.

Description: Small bulbous perennial.
Bulb: Clustering, teardrop-shaped with a glossy surface, clothed in peeling, papery tunics that prevent water loss 2-5 cm broad that necks above soil. Bulbs likes to stay above the soil surface.
Leaves: A pair, opposite, or rarely three, fleshy, spreading, oblong-lanceolate, acute, undulated, delicately pale green and spotted on the face, 5-7 cm long and 2-3 cm wide, narrowed at base.
Flowers: Perianth greenish, rounded-campanulate, nearly or quite 6-7mm long, the segments falcate; pedicels five to six lines long, the lower ones drooping; raceme loose, twenty to thirty-flowered, oblong, 7. to 10 cm. long, 3 to 4 cm broad; scape firm, unspotted, terete, 7 to 10 cm long.
Blooming season: It is a summer grower and blooms in spring.

Notes: Scilla paucifloraSN|11614]]SN|11614]] is a horticultural name for a plant that is likely a Ledebouria socilais. The name has not been published, but this plant is often available on the trade.

Cultivation and Propagation: It is a Lovely undemanding houseplant; always a favorite carefree windowsill citizen; excellent addition to any dish garden. Needs full sun to partial shade with a well-drained soil mix. Let it dry completely between waterings. Feed monthly with 50% strength soluble house plant food when it is actively growing. Hardy down to freezing so best kept in a frost free place indoors and can be grown outside where there is no danger of frost. Bulbs at the base of the plant must be above the soil.
Propagation: Seeds or (usually) by division of bulb-clusters.