Muscari neglectum
| Grape hyacinth | |
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| File:Muscari neglectum (flowers).jpg | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Scilloideae |
| Genus: | Muscari |
| Subgenus: | Muscari subg. Muscari |
| Species: | M. neglectum
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| Binomial name | |
| Muscari neglectum | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Synonymy
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Muscari neglectum is a perennial bulbous flowering plant in the asparagus family Asparagaceae. Members of this genus are commonly known as grape hyacinths, and M. neglectum is known as common grape hyacinth[2] or starch grape hyacinth.[3] Muscari are perennial bulbous plants native to Eurasia. They produce spikes of dense, commonly blue, urn-shaped flowers. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental plant, for example, in temperate climates as a spring bulb.
Description
[edit | edit source]Muscari neglectum is a herbaceous plant growing from a bulb. The flower stems are 5–20 cm (2.0–7.9 in) tall. The flowers are arranged in a spike or raceme and are dark blue with white lobes at their tips (teeth); there may be a cluster of paler sterile flowers at the top of the spike.[4] The raceme is 2–6 cm (0.8–2.4 in) long. The fruit is a 3-celled capsule with two ovules in each cell.[5]
It is a very well known species in cultivation (being described as the "common" grape hyacinth by Brian Mathew);[4] it increases rapidly and can become invasive.
Range
[edit | edit source]The native range of Muscari neglectum extends around the Mediterranean basin including North Africa, Southern Europe, and Western Asia, and to Central Europe, Ukraine, European Russia, the Caucasus, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia.[1]
Taxonomy
[edit | edit source]The name was attributed to Giovanni Gussone by Michele Tenore in a list of plants of the Neapolitan area published in 1842. The species has a confused nomenclatural history; Plants of the World Online lists 51 taxonomic synonyms.[1] The name M. racemosum is commonly found as a synonym for M. neglectum in the horticultural literature,[6] although the true M. racemosum Mill. is a different species.[7]
References
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External links
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- Muscari
- Flora of North Africa
- Flora of Western Asia
- Flora of Belarus
- Flora of the Caucasus
- Flora of the Crimean Peninsula
- Flora of Middle Europe
- Flora of Southeastern Europe
- Flora of Southwestern Europe
- Flora of Pakistan
- Flora of Central European Russia
- Flora of East European Russia
- Flora of South European Russia
- Flora of Ukraine
- Plants described in 1841