Muscari armeniacum H.J.Veitch, 1872

Common names

🇬🇧 Garden Grape-hyacinth
🇫🇷 Muscari d’Arménie

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Scilloideae
Tribe: Hyacintheae
Subtribe: Hyacinthinae
Genus: Muscari
Species: Muscari armeniacum

Notes

Possible confusion with M. neglectum Guss. ex Ten. & Sangiov., 1841, which has erect leaves, shorter or the same length as the flowers, while M. armeniacum has spread-out leaves, longer than the flowers.

Presence

Introduced.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): NA Not Applicable

Photographs

img/muscari-armeniacum.webp — *Muscari armeniacum*

img/muscari-armeniacum-2.webp — *Muscari armeniacum*

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 95). Biotope.