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Read about Muscari comosum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Muscari comosum, Mill. Lvs. 3-4, 1-1 ½ ft. long, ½ -1 in. wide: raceme loose, 6-12 in. long, 40-100-fld. lower fls. fertile, olive, tipped brown, borne on long horizontal pedicels; upper fls. sterile, blue or violet, borne on long upcurved pedicels, making a corymbose cluster. Medit. region, Orient. B.M. 133 (as Hyacinthus comosus).—An interesting form, but rare in cult., being greatly surpassed in popularity by var. monstrosum.

Var. monstrosum, Hort. Feathered Hyacinth. Fig. 2104. All the fls. sterile, and cut up into fine shreds. Gng. 7:290. A.F. 14:1286. Gn. 26, p. 137.— A most interesting plant. Also called fair-haired or tasseled hyacinth, and shredded lilac. Sold also as M. monstrosum, M. plumosum, M. plumosum monstrosum, etc. For other trade synonyms, see under M. commutatum.


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