Muscari botryoides

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Read about Muscari botryoides in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Muscari botryoides, Mill. Common Grape Hyacinth. Fig. 2405. Lvs. linear-lorate, 3-4 lines wide: scape 6-9 in. long; fls. pale blue, odorless, 12-20. Eu., Orient. B.M. 157 (as Hyacinthus botryoides). A.F. 13:1197. Gn. 26:136. R.B. 20:3. Gn.M. 2:117.— The following varieties are offered: album (G.M. 51: 694. G. 27:23.5. Gn. 76, p. 106. Gn.W. 22:331. J.H. III. 58:464), carneum, caeruleum, leucophaeum, Lelievrei, majus, pallidum and pallidum grandiflorum. These range from white through flesh-color to sky-blue. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

? Common grape hyacinth
Common grape hyacinth
Plant Info
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Liliopsida Order: Asparagales Family: Hyacinthaceae Genus: Muscari Species: M. botryoides
Binomial name
Muscari botryoides (L.) P.Mill.

Muscari botryoides (Common grape hyacinth; syn. Hyacinthus botryoides L.) is an ornamental plant in the Hyacinthaceae family.

References

• Pink, A. (2004). Gardening for the Million. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation. http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/11892. 

External links

• USDA Plants Profile: Muscari botryoides