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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Muscari neglectum   FAMILY Hyacinthaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Muscari neglectum   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Muscari neglectum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Muscari neglectum

(?) Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)

Muscari atlanticum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-30-001:

Muscari racemosum   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Muscari racemosum

 

COMMON NAME:
Starch Grape-hyacinth, Blue Bottles


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image of Muscari neglectum, Starch Grape-hyacinth, Blue Bottles

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_mura2_001_lvd

        

image of Muscari neglectum, Starch Grape-hyacinth, Blue Bottles

JK Marlow    jkm070323_005

March    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

Cylindrical blue flowers under 1/4" long, nodding on short pedicels, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Muscari neglectum, Starch Grape-hyacinth, Blue Bottles

JK Marlow    jkm160331_217

March    Greenville County    SC

Field

image of Muscari neglectum, Starch Grape-hyacinth, Blue Bottles

JK Marlow    jkm160331_223

March    Greenville County    SC

Field

Fruits are distinctly angled 3-chambered capsules with 2 seeds per chamber, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Muscari neglectum, Starch Grape-hyacinth, Blue Bottles

JK Marlow    jkm190325_6925

March    Greenville County    SC

image of Muscari neglectum, Starch Grape-hyacinth, Blue Bottles

JK Marlow    jkm150407_082084

April    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Leaves nearly terete, 1-3 mm wide, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

image of Muscari neglectum, Starch Grape-hyacinth, Blue Bottles

JK Marlow    jkm150407_086

April    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Corolla ellipsoid-ovoid, distinctly longer than wide, the lobes erect, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Muscari neglectum   FAMILY Hyacinthaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Muscari neglectum   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Muscari neglectum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Muscari neglectum

(?) Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Muscari atlanticum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-30-001:
Muscari racemosum   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Muscari racemosum

 

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958

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Cultivated as an ornamental, persistent and naturalized in lawns, old fields, suburban woodlands, and disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Common in Mountains of GA & SC, common in NC Piedmont (uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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Invasive?

This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

LEAVES:
Simple
Basal (plant scapose, leaf tips usually withered at flowering)

FLOWER:
Spring
Blue/Violet
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals, connate most of their length
6 stamens
Superior ovary

Flowers in a compact raceme

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

 

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