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Muscari botryoides

common grape-hyacinth, grape hyacinth, muscari
Habit Plants to 20(–30) cm.
Bulbs

ovoid, 1.5–2.5 × 1–2 cm, offsets absent, tunics translucent to pale brown.
Leaves

2–4(–5);

blade prominently ribbed, linear-spatulate, 15–35(–40) cm × 3–8(–12) mm, apex abruptly contracted.
Scape

20–35(–40) cm, usually slightly exceeding leaves.
Racemes

12–20-flowered.
Flowers

perianth tube sky blue, globose to ovoid, 2–4 × 2–3 mm, teeth white;

fertile and sterile flowers ± equal (sterile may be slightly smaller and paler);

pedicel spreading, 1–3(–5) mm.
Capsules

4–6 × 4–6 mm.
2n

= 18, 36.

Muscari botryoides
Phenology Flowering early–mid spring.
Habitat Roadsides, fields, woods, abandoned gardens
Elevation 0–1500 m (0–4900 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AL; AR; CA; CT; DC; DE; IL; IN; KS; KY; MA; MD; MI; MN; MO; MS; NH; NJ; NY; OH; OK; OR; PA; TN; TX; UT; VA; VT; WA; WV; BC; NF; NS; ON; c Europe; se Europe; expected elsewhere [Introduced in North America]
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Discussion

Muscari botryoides is the commonest and most cold-hardy of the Muscari species in the flora.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 26, p. 317.
Parent taxa Liliaceae > Muscari
Sibling taxa
M. comosum, M. neglectum
Synonyms Hyacinthus botryoides
Name authority (Linnaeus) Miller: Gard. Dict. ed. 8, Muscari no. 1. (1768)
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