Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Muscari neglectum
FAMILY
Hyacinthaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Learn more about Starch Grape-hyacinth from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Muscari neglectum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
(?)
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
COMMON NAME:
Starch Grape-hyacinth, Blue Bottles
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_mura2_001_lvd
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm160331_217
March Greenville County SC
Field
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm190325_6925
March Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm150407_082084
April Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Leaves nearly terete, 1-3 mm wide, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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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 (11/30/12):
Muscari neglectum
FAMILY
Hyacinthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Muscari neglectum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
(?)
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
958
Forb
Perennial
Non-native: Europe
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (rare in Carolina Mountains)
Look for it . It is cultivated as an ornamental, is persistent and naturalized in lawns, old fields, suburban woodlands, and disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p432
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p365
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p420
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p008