3180

Forb
Perennial

Non-native: Europe

Documented growing wild in - NC -

Uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Mountains

Look for it to be persistent after cultivation as an ornamental and naturalized in lawns, old fields, suburban woodlands, and disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

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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

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Wildflowers of Tennessee p365
• Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p420
• Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p008

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Muscari botryoides   FAMILY Hyacinthaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Muscari botryoides   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-30-002:
Muscari botryoides   FAMILY Liliaceae