Hyacinths, Hyacinthus orientalis, are a wonderfully fragrant spring bulb. They always look a little contrived to me, a bit to big, beautiful and perfect to be real, but they are quite lovely.
Hyacinths are named for a young man accidentally killed by Apollo. The flowers supposedly grew from his blood.
The plant is poisonous and can cause rashes.
Hyacinths are lily relatives, with parts in threes. The petals and sepals are identical, making it look as if the plant has six petals per flower. The linear leaves have parallel veins.
The petals are slightly narrower than the sepals, and the stamens are attached to them:
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