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Muscari neglectum Guss. ex Ten.

Starch grape hyacinth (en), Muscari négligé (fr), Muscari à grappes (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asparagaceae > Muscari

Characteristics

Tufted perennial herb. Bulb tunics dark brown. Leaves 10–40 cm long, 1.5–8 mm wide, channelled to subterete. Scape to c. 30 cm long; raceme crowded, 2–6 cm long; flowers scented, pendent to patent; corolla of fertile flowers ovoid to oblong-urceolate or cylindric, 3.5–7.5 mm long, blackish blue with short, white lobes; sterile flowers at apex smaller and paler than fertile flowers. Capsule ovoid to obovoid, 3-angled, 5–10 mm long.
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A bulb plant. It keeps growing from year to year from the bulbs. It grows 10-20 cm tall and spreads 5 cm wide. The leaves are narrow and have channels along them. They stick fairly upright. The leaves are mid green. They can be 6-40 cm long. The flowers are blue-black and oblong to urn shaped. These are in dense groups 5 cm long along a stalk.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread barochory
Mature width (meter) 0.08 - 0.1
Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.3
Root system -
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Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a Mediterranean climate plant.
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Dry grassland in sandy soils.
Light 5-9
Soil humidity 2-6
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-8

Usage

The bulbs or roots have a slightly bitter flavour. They are eaten. The flowers are sprinkled over pureed rhubarb to add flavour. The stalk of the flower is eaten raw as a snack.
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Grown as an ornamental spring bulb.
Uses environmental use ornamental
Edible bulbs flowers roots
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 42 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 18
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -35
Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Images

Habit

Muscari neglectum habit picture by Francois Mansour (cc-by-sa)
Muscari neglectum habit picture by doh (cc-by-sa)
Muscari neglectum habit picture by Jordan Galli (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Muscari neglectum leaf picture by xant103 (cc-by-sa)
Muscari neglectum leaf picture by Ernst Fürst (cc-by-sa)
Muscari neglectum leaf picture by katerina dimitrovska (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Muscari neglectum flower picture by fabrice beaufils (cc-by-sa)
Muscari neglectum flower picture by darkplant (cc-by-sa)
Muscari neglectum flower picture by Christelle Zanne (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Muscari neglectum fruit picture by Ángel Díaz Montes (cc-by-sa)
Muscari neglectum fruit picture by Carlos Villasante (cc-by-sa)
Muscari neglectum fruit picture by Tristan Jaton-Maria (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Muscari neglectum world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, Åland Islands, Albania, Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Belarus, Canada, Switzerland, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Algeria, Egypt, Spain, France, Micronesia (Federated States of), Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Italy, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Morocco, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Palau, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Singapore, Turks and Caicos Islands, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Ukraine, United States of America, and Uzbekistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:538560-1
WFO ID wfo-0000694909
COL ID 44Q2C
BDTFX ID 43063
INPN ID 108898
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Hyacinthus juncifolius Hyacinthus neglectus Muscari elwesii Muscari dolioliforme Muscari speciosum Muscari strangwaysii Muscari neglectum Muscari neumayeri Muscari nivale Muscari grandifolium Muscari letourneuxii Botryanthus racemosus Botryanthus speciosus Botryanthus strangwaysii Etheiranthus jacquinii Hyacinthus racemosus Leopoldia neumayerii Muscari vinyalsii Muscari conillii Muscari breviscapum Muscari compactum Muscari flaccidum Muscari ammophilum Muscari populeum Muscari mordoanum Muscari grossheimii Scilla suaveolens Botryanthus breviscapus Botryanthus mandraliscae Botryanthus mordoanus Botryanthus odorus Eubotrys odoratus Muscari bucharicum Muscari leucostomum Muscari bootanense Muscari racemosum Botryanthus neglectus Muscari bootanensis Muscari macranthum Muscari odoratum Muscari vandasii Muscari szovitsianum Muscari marianicum Muscari leucostomum Muscari fontqueri Botryanthus granatensis Muscari neglectum subsp. odorum Muscari neglectum subsp. speciosum Muscari atlanticum subsp. alpinum Muscari racemosum var. neglectum Muscari neglectum var. atlanticum Muscari grandifolium var. populeum Muscari grandifolium var. rifanum Muscari botryoides var. bucharicum Muscari racemosum var. alpinum Muscari atlanticum var. valentinum Botryanthus lelievrii var. strangwaysii Botryanthus vulgaris var. strangwaysii Botryanthus neglectus var. speciosa Muscari neglectum f. bertramii Muscari skorpili Botryanthus sauli
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