FLORA
> Hyacinthoides vicentina
Family: Asparagaceae
Herbaceous perennial plant with a scaly bulb, which allows it to completely renew itself every year.
It has few long leaves (3-5) that grow directly in the bulb.
The flowers are blue-violet with 6 tepals and two bratcs at the basis shaped as an open star.
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They grow in clayey, sandy or rocky soils with temporary flooding, sometimes in the water margins or in shady environments.
It is found, frequently, near the Mediterranean Temporary Ponds.
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They are found in western Portugal, mostly in the western centre and southwest.
It is a Portuguese endemism which is internationally recognized with a vulnerable status (Walter and Gillet, 1997).
At the national level it also receives the status of vulnerable (Ramos Lopes & Carvalho, 1990) and rare (Dray, 1985).
It is legally protected by the Habitats Directive 92/43/CEE (annexes II and IV).
