Difference between revisions of "Muscari comosum"
Gard. Dict. ed. 8, Muscari no. 2. 1768.
Common names: Tassel grape-hyacinth
Basionym: Hyacinthus comosus Linnaeus Sp. Pl. 1: 318. 1753
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 317.
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Plants to 15(–30) cm. Bulbs ovoid, 3–3.5 × 2.5–3 cm, offsets absent, tunics pink. Leaves 3–5(–7); blade channeled, linear-lanceolate, 20–40 cm × 6–20(–30) mm, apex long-attenuate. Scape (15–)30–50(–80) cm, usually longer than leaves. Racemes 40–100-flowered. Flowers: perianth tube oblong-urceolate, those of fertile flowers pale to olive-brown, 5–8 × 2–4 mm, teeth lighter brown or white; sterile flowers bright violet, 2–6 × 1–2 mm; pedicel of fertile flowers ascending, 4–10(–15) mm, ± equaling perianth; pedicel of sterile flowers ascending, 6–25(–40) mm. Capsules 6–12 × 6–8 mm. 2n = 18, 27.
Phenology: Flowering late spring.
Habitat: Roadsides, open woods, abandoned gardens
Elevation: 0–800 m
Distribution
Ga., Ill., Ky., Mo., N.C., Ohio, Oreg., Pa., Tenn., Va., s Europe, n Africa, sw Asia, expected elsewhere.
Discussion
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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