Muscari neglectum Guss. ex Ten. & Sangiov., 1841

Common names

🇬🇧 Grape-hyacinth
🇫🇷 Muscari négligé, Muscari à grappes

Taxonomy

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

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with M. armeniacum H.J.Veitch, 1872, which has spread-out leaves, longer than the flowers, while M. neglectum has erect leaves, shorter or the same length as the flowers.

Photographs

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

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

img/muscari-neglectum-3.webp — *Muscari neglectum*

img/muscari-neglectum-4.webp — *Muscari neglectum* - Leaves

img/muscari-neglectum-5.webp — *Muscari neglectum* - Mix of fertilized flowers and immature seed capsules

img/muscari-neglectum-6.webp — *Muscari neglectum* - Immature seed capsules

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 94). Biotope.