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Starch grape hyacinth

Muscari neglectum

Also called Grape Hyacinth, Musk Hyacinth, Dark Flowered Grape Hyacinth, Nutmeg Hyacinth, Starch Hyacinth, Small Grape Hyacinth

Starch grape hyacinth
Photo: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Asparagaceae (Asparagus family)
Grows as
Bulb, Perennial
Native range
C. Europe to Medit. and C. Asia
Climate
temperate

About

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 or starch grape hyacinth. 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.

Where it grows

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.

Other Muscari plants

Armenian grape hyacinth · Aucher éloy Grape Hyacinth · Azure Grape Hyacinth · Common grape hyacinth · Dark Grape Hyacinth · Tassel grape hyacinth · Muscari gussonei · Broad Leaved Grape Hyacinth · Muscari maritimum · Autumn Grape Hyacinth · Muscari pseudomuscari · Asparagus Family

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Muscari neglectum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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