WILD FLOWERS 004
Scilla autumnalis
Autumn Squill · Għansar tal-ħarifa
She blooms — and the bee knows why.
| Series | Wild Flowers of Malta |
| Encounter | 12 Oct 2025 · St. Paul’s Bay, Malta |
| Created | 2025 |
| Medium | Digital painting |
| Dimensions | Adjustable |
About the Plant
Prospero autumnale (formerly Scilla autumnalis)
A tiny autumn-flowering bulb found in Malta’s garigue, steppe, cliff tops and pockets of exposed rock. Its slender spikes of pale violet flowers appear in September and October, often before its leaves, and can easily be missed among the stones.
* Botanical information referenced from Stephen Mifsud’s Online Flora of the Maltese Islands ( MaltaWildPlants.com ).
Available as a signed archival pigment print