young shoot icon Home All plants About

Muscari botryoides (L.) Mill.

Common grape hyacinth (en), Muscari faux Botryde (fr), Muscari faux-botryde (fr), Muscari faux botrys (fr), Muscari botryoïde (fr), Muscari en grappe (fr), Muscari fausse botryde (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asparagaceae > Muscari

Characteristics

Lvs flat, narrowly linear-oblanceolate, to 2.5 dm, 3–8(–10) mm wide, scapes 1–2 dm at anthesis, to 4 dm in fr; raceme ovoid-cylindric and 2–4 cm at anthesis, elongating in fr; fls all blue, all fertile except a few at the tip, nodding, exceeding their slender pedicels; perianth globular-urceolate, 4–5 mm; 2n=18, 36. Native of Europe, escaped from cult. into waste places nearly throughout our range. Apr., May.
More
A bulb plant. It grows 30 cm tall.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread barochory
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.3
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Meadows, thickets and roadsides in Eastern N. America, where it is a garden escape.
More
It is a temperate plant. It suits hardiness zones 3-8.
Light 6-8
Soil humidity 2-6
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 3-7

Usage

The flowers and flower buds are pickled in vinegar.
Uses environmental use medicinal
Edible flowers
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 42 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 18
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -40
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Muscari botryoides habit picture by Jacques Zuber (cc-by-sa)
Muscari botryoides habit picture by Lionel Jacquot (cc-by-sa)
Muscari botryoides habit picture by Jean Christophe Leroux (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Muscari botryoides leaf picture by Rob van Kessel (cc-by-sa)
Muscari botryoides leaf picture by Michel Beurdouche (cc-by-sa)
Muscari botryoides leaf picture by Alric cathala (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Muscari botryoides flower picture by Wendy t Hart (cc-by-sa)
Muscari botryoides flower picture by Odile Odile Michenaud (cc-by-sa)
Muscari botryoides flower picture by jeanalain Gleyzes (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Muscari botryoides fruit picture by Enes Ünyılmaz (cc-by-sa)
Muscari botryoides fruit picture by Instagram: chrisz.gra (cc-by-sa)
Muscari botryoides fruit picture by Gaël Covain (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Muscari botryoides world distribution map, present in Åland Islands, Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, France, Micronesia (Federated States of), Greece, Hungary, Italy, Malaysia, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Ukraine, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:538454-1
WFO ID wfo-0000694229
COL ID 44PWX
BDTFX ID 43026
INPN ID 108869
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Hyacinthus botryoides Muscari botryoides Muscari alpinum Muscari pocuticum Muscari transsilvanicum Muscari longifolium Scilla inflata Botryanthus alpestris Botryanthus vulgaris Eubotrys arvensis Czekelia transsylvanica Muscari carpaticum Muscari polyphyllum Muscari motelayi Muscari hymenophorum Botryanthus boraeanus Botryanthus candidus Botryanthus compactus Botryanthus conicus Botryanthus festinus Botryanthus heldreichii Botryanthus lelievrii Muscari botryoides f. candicum Muscari kerneri Botryphile botryoides Muscari inodorum Muscari lelievrii Botryanthus kerneri Muscari botryoides subsp. motelayi Muscari botryoides subsp. lelievrii Muscari botryoides subsp. hungaricum Muscari botryoides subsp. longifolium Muscari kerneri var. lacteiflorum Muscari botryoides var. lelievrii Botryanthus vulgaris var. transsilvanicus Botryanthus odorus var. compactus Muscari botryoides subsp. kerneri Muscari botryoides subsp. transsilvanicum Botryanthus vulgaris var. kerneri
WorldFloraDB 2024